A comment? Wow, consider me "hoist on my own petard." (Verb tense agreement, your mortal enemy, would appear to have hoisted you on your own petard.) Yes. And you've done it again. You are correcting William Shakespeare. Hamelet, scene three, to be precise. And, Flintsilver? "Hoist" IS the past tense of the verb "hoise," meaning "to lift." if you add "Ed" to it you make it doubly past tense, an oxymoron.
I suspect you don't even know what a petard is. Don't bother rushing to look it up. It's a a large open bore mortar used at close quarter by pressing it against a wall or gate, usually without a projectile, to blow a hole through the fortification.
As you may be getting an inkling, my usage was absolutely correct.
I said earlier that I stand corrected. I admit I did not know the exact wording of the phrase, but I did know its origins. Also, in modern times, "hoist" has a radically different meaning than what you suggest. "Hoise" is not even in the current lexicon.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/hoist
3. Archaic . a pt. and pp. of hoise.
Notice the term "archaic." If you're using a word in a manner that hasn't been relevant for 400 years you aren't exactly able to criticize those who misunderstand. I guess that explains your use of "pre-eminent" rather than "preeminent" - you're like 150 years old. In any case, Shakespeare is still garbage even if you did break bread with him.
By the way, I'm sure I make more grammatical errors than you do. I often think faster than I type. I do my best not to misplace commas and skip words but I do that occasionally as well. Are you suggesting I have a habit of correcting grammatical errors? There is no evidence to support that and one attempt does not change that.
While I was initially trolling in this thread and I apologize for that, I have made salient points that have not (and cannot be, for that matter) denied. I again apologize for the fact that most don't have anything to do with this thread. Still, though, that doesn't make them any less correct.