Really, this shouldn't come as such a surprise; after all, spoken language evolves via a social network with no top authority prescribing grammar and vocabulary.
Plenty of people – respected authorities on grammar among them – consider the phrase acceptable in contemporary usage, but Mr Henderson says it is wrong.
Under him, Northampton grammar opted out of local authority control and became grant-maintained.
July 16, 1860 Randers, Denmark April 30, 1943 Roskilde, Denmark Otto Jespersen, in full Jens Otto Harry Jespersen (born July 16, 1860, Randers, Den. died April 30, 1943, Roskilde) Danish linguist and a foremost authority on English grammar.
As if this weren't damning enough, the Sutton Trust finds that in local authorities operating the grammar system, children not entitled to free school meals "have a much greater chance of attending a grammar school than similarly high-achieving children who are eligible for free school meals".
His works in poetry, prosody, grammar and vocabulary are standard authorities and their importance to the study of Kannada language is well acknowledged.
Thatcher's term of office was marked by proposals for more local education authorities to close grammar schools and to adopt comprehensive secondary education.
And there are meta-level questions about the sources of authority in questions of grammar, the old prescriptive versus descriptive argument.
Some local authorities were determined to retain grammar schools.
Brady said: "As most local authorities got rid of their grammar schools, we've seen social mobility take a nosedive".
