A modest proposal
With apologies to Jonathan Swift ...
To who it might concern:
It has come to my attention that grammar may be the first casualty of today's overemphasis on linguistic correctness, for today's college campuses are being overwhelmed with supernumeraries who are proving a burden to their families, country and mankind in general. So it is imperative to see that this plague of useless pedants is reduced or, preferably, eliminated. Waving advanced degrees that usually refer to arcane "disciplines" like science, philosophy or literature, they do nothing but take up
