Volkhart wrote:
>>. . . most or all languages tend to develop towards more simplicity, with
the simplifications
usually first being regarded as wrong until more and more common usage
finally leads to their acceptance.<<
This is, of course, nonsense. Just because grammatical or spelling forms,
which seem complex, become simplified, certainly doesn't mean that
complexities elsewhere don't arise. How could German have evolved so many
various dialects if it is "moving towards simplicity"?
Perhaps there is some equivocation on this word simplicity.
m.e. bachofen
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