On 18 Dec, 08:18, Anthony Polson wrote:
Lew 1 wrote:
All of which mean that the notion that steam has been running on the tube
really isn't incorrect in modern general language.

People think they're being clever when they point this out when in fact
they're being utterly boring.

They are being utterly boring but *precisely correct*, the latter
probably being their sole source of pleasure in life.

It therefore seems unkind to deny them this pleasure.

Your post is boringly ad-hominem, not to mention inaccurate. Unusual
these days, because you have been posting so much good stuff.