A 'Must' for pedants?

I think this chap is putting the opposite point of view - that language is about common usage and understanding and shouldn't be so rule-based.

As long as he doesn't say it's okay to use "off of", or "of" instead of "have".

Isn't a pedant something you wear on a chain around your neck?

"saving me the trouble of taking bags to task!"

DD will love this book. As will DBH. I shall just filch their copies. I am too lazy to be a proper pedant, I just laugh.

Thanks, FarNorth, for saving me the trouble of taking bags to task!

yawn....

Thatbags I thought the same as you! - as in "a must for ( we who are) pedants". This could start a whole new thread

Light bulb moment. Thanks, farnorth!

No - imagine the sentence without the word 'pedants'. Is this book a must for us?
Simples!

Shouldn't that be "we pedants"? <ducks behind settee>

Ooh yes Anno. I was tempted to buy with one click, and probably will.

Do you think that the younger generation have pedants amongst them?

Isn't Oliver Kamm one of the two blokes arguing pedantic points with each other on the thread thatbags started a few days ago?

I think his book would be rather too highbrow for me!