[Dixielandjazz] Grapelli, influence of

Charlie Hooks charliehooks at earthlink.net
Thu Feb 13 23:05:43 PST 2003


on 2/13/03 9:50 PM, Jerry Gordon at jerrygordon at juno.com wrote:

> And Charlie, if you're bothered by people who mis-sprung, you must be
> positively apoplectic the way lay/lie get interchanged.

On that one (as on many others--"different than" rather than the correct
"different from," "loaned" used as a verb, and "to loan" rather than "to
lend"--ah, there's a million of 'em!) I've long ago given up!  But for some
things there jist ain't no excuse!  "I sprung..."?  Holy Moses....!

despairingly,
Charlie




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