There is also a gap between the general population and the falling-standards bemoaners, usage guide publishers, and language pundits, whether conservative or progressive.

For a century, the two families fought tooth and nail over control of the land.

Warfare is said to engage in detailed study of the enemy and his system of operation to identify the chinks in his armour, and then to formulate a strategem to defeat him. Thus it is attempting to pragmatise spiritual warfare.

We were not much more than a quarter of an hour out of our ship but we saw her sink, and then I understood for the first time what was meant by a ship foundering in the sea.