R&J – Act II, Scene II

By any other name would smell as sweet;

Ok – true confessions time. I'm a bit of a word and grammar nerd. Not the worst kind. Not the kind that corrects others' grammar during conversation (well – at least others who aren't my kids). And not the kind who brings a marker to the grocery store to edit the signs in the express lane so that they say "10 items or fewer" instead of "10 items or less". And as readers are already aware (and more than a few are likely infuriated by) I don't worry too much about traditional notions of style, many of which are derived from rules that were relevant when we all wrote in latin (e.g., the prohibition against split infinitives).