haha!
while doing some last minute cramming, i stumbled across this website:
http://www.ugr.es/~lquereda/henry_sweet_and_american_structu.htm don't click the link. it's really boring. but the first line is:
"If there is one word which best summarizes Sweet's work, this word is pioneer. This is, at least, what Bolton and Crystal believe. They claim:
'Sweet was a pioneer student of the English language who did much to further knowledge of both its history and its living structure.' (Bolton & Crystal, 1969:8)."
bolton and crystal! what are the chances.