LAST EDITED ON Nov-11-07 AT 09:08 PM (EST)
 
>Here's the funny part, if by funny you mean mind-bendingly
>frustrating, about this branch of the thread: The character who says
>it? Is me. And I think maybe I know how I talk.

Seems king of plausible to me as well.

Again: I am not trying to say you're wrong on this. (I am well aware that my own sphere of experience does not cover everything there is to be known.)

I simply wanted to note that A: there are people who consider the usage you pointed out for comparison to be "correct" (however that's defined) who would nevertheless expect the other not to be, and B: this expectation - while apparently incorrect - is not on the face of it unreasonable.

By doing so I seem to have helped raise your blood pressure, which is definitely not something I'm interested in contributing to, so I'll shut up on the topic from this point.