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You rebel, you.
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TEAL -- plucking away greengrocers' apostrophes... a/k/a prepostrophes. |
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While many's the dictionary that blesses "belabor the obvious," I far prefer "labor the obvious." To belabor is to abuse or to batter. Consider the related phrase "labor the point" -- any point so treated gets bent over and rapidly loses any resemblance to a point, IMHO. It no longer points in the direction it should. A point that is merely labored does not suffer this dismal fate. As a crummy substitute, it suffers tendentious tediousness. Perhaps I should unyoke this weary point from the plow of metaphor and rest it from its labor.:rolleyes: |
There we have it, UG, the best reason in the world to not let your children be grammar nazis.
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Mamas, don't let your babies grow up to be linguists.
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A cackle of mad scientists.:lol2:
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The Borg.:borg:
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But the two get regrettably miswritten. Bruce, how 'bout you give my ass a nice deep baiser? I do not constitute a reason not to be a Grammar Nazi, and you can decide to stop being a putz just any second now. My being blessed with a respect for the English language is not grounds for you giving me a hard time. Had you a full measure of sense, you'd know that much. As it is... |
I was just reading a 1930s book on farming and they talked about a "spit" of dirt meaning a shovelful that is as thick, wide, and deep as the blade.
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BWAHAHAHAHAHA - digr - thats too funny - no really - TOO funny!
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And learn how to spell labour, too! :p:
Some grammar rules are important, they keep meaning clear and unambiguous. Some are not - I am happy to boldly split an infinitive, and I hold that a preposition is a word you can end a sentence with. |
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