dc3flyer - perfectly reasonable of you to ask any question. i think you knew the reg, too, but it's also true that not every controller is a pilot and thus don't always know all of our general operating rules to the letter..and two, they can and do make mistakes..had a atc trainee so discombobulated the other day while flying practice instrument approaches that she kept getting tongue-tied to the point of chucklin her and there, calling the approach the 'vfr 5 approach', etc. she had a senior controller cut in several times to help out. often, early in my career, i too assumed the atc controllers were always correct. know your own general operating rules, and make a point to review the pilot/controller glossary in the aim. good review. thanks for sharing your question. i'm sure it will help others..just not those pilots who've always 'known it all'.
lighten up people.