:-) I'm not denying that there is a range of "excess".
But the word describes what the writer of the word considers too much; its very
use means that the judgement has been made. If that were not the case the word
would be meaningless, along with a plethora of others degraded by ignorant
users.
Chris
On 28 Sep 2010, at 22:37, Andrew Fildes wrote:
> But 'too much' in whose judgement?
> You can't understand whether you've done something to excess until you've
> pushed past the limits of good taste and common sense.
> Andrew Fildes
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