I wrote in part:
The main point (IMO) of the accusers of cultural
imperialism
is that the variations over the centuries have been much greater!
Erg ... I *meant*:
the variations that we have *today* as a *result* of
the evolution over the centuries (which the OP referred to).
Now, there's a question as to whether what JTDirl
was *originally*
complaining about is this, or ESL users that *are* making mistakes.
But this is, I think, what SV and RK are arguing about *now*.
"this" in the last sentence refers to the same as "this" in the
first:
all the stuff that came before. They're not arguing over the question.
See, this is why I read my posts again when they come through in the digest!
^_^
-- Toby