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Fight the Grammer Nazis
Fake language rules can come from respected sources, but that’s no reason to believe them.
None are? None is? They’re both correct. The girl that I marry. No, it doesn’t have to be whom I marry. Since you asked. It’s totally legit to use since for because, unless it would cause ambiguity. Healthy choices. Many of us have been taught that it’s healthy people but healthful foods. “Till” was there first. In recent decades, somebody launched the mischievous rumor that till is a substandard form of until. Verbing nouns. “And” can start a sentence. So can But and However. Misspelled is not misused. Errors like “faster then a speeding bullet” and “taking a lot of flack” are mistakes in spelling, not comprehension. The adverb can be “wrong.” You only live once. Spotting “misplacements” of only is a hobby for some picky readers — they’d rewrite that sentence as “you live only once,” so there’s no way to misinterpret it. linkhttp://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/id..._rules/?page=1 |
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Gag me with a spoon.
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I never criticize anyone's spelling, punctuation or grammar in discussion board posts or e-mails because the Law of Karma (or something) says that if someone does, he or she is virtually guaranteed to have one of the aforementioned issues with his own post or e-mail.
It's happened to me. Ugh. So embarrassing. I had a brain fart and forgot how to spell "mischievous." It did not go uncorrected. Besides, it's just rude. People tend to do this when they can't think of any other way to respond in a debate. "Blah blah." "Oh yeah? Well, you can't spell." The language is evolving. You can tell the difference between someone who knows the rules and breaks them intentionally, for some effect, and someone who just doesn't get it. Or doesn't care. The only ones I really criticize are the ones who don't care. |
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Gr8 thread.
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Gr8? Gr8? What kind of grammer/spelling is that! :lol2:
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In only 7 posts. :haha:
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I held off for a while.
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I don't criticise. At least I don't think I do.
Sometimes an intelligent person obviously misuses a phrase, word, spelling etc in which case I'll point it out. Not as a criticism, but because I'm sure they'd prefer to know. IRL I'll pick people up on pronunciation. I hope I don't come across as mean, but myself I'd rather be told. Of course there are many typos, slip ups or things that just don't matter and I don't want to ally myself with people that froth at the mouth about those. Some things I've learned are cultural differences, some are regional. Again - better that I know that. Do I judge people on their spelling and the writen presentation of their posts? Yes, I do, to an extent. I was going to write sorry, but I'm not sorry. I do not hold anyone to a particularly high standard - my grammar and spelling are workaday. And I know my punctuation is pretty appalling - I consult the internet when writing formally. But anyone who consistently uses text abbrevs or regularly misuses homonyms will give me a certain opinion about their communication skills. I'm ashamed to say I didn't see anything wrong in "faster than a speeding bullet", so I'd probably irritate purists myself. I know my enunciation would make experts faint, anyway. And I'd not like UG to parse my posts :) I suppose it depends on your definition of Grammar Nazi. I'll not be breaking down any bookcases any time soon anyway. |
I don't be gonna touch dis thread here.
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Which reminds me. A few years ago I wrote an article for a Canadian magazine. I asked the editor, should I try to write it in "Canadian-ese?" Meaning, things like labour, colour, flavour, criticise, etc.? She said no, Americans just get it all wrong anyhow. Their editors would fix it right up for me, and she appreciated that at least I knew the difference. :) |
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The processes of putting words together and the words themselves were invented for one purpose – to convey meaning. So long at that’s achieved I don’t mind people breaking the rules at all – in fact I’m all for it.
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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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What have you heard or read? |
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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French is only one of my languages. I was sufficiently educated to have some. In the future, never ask me if I'll let you be a stupe, okay? I always answer "Don't you fucking dare." I don't allow stupid, and I disparage those that do. |
Actually, you write the English of a pretentious twat. Not that there's anything wrong with that, but if we're calling a spade a spade....
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Fight The Power
1989 the number another summer (get down) Sound of the funky drummer Music hittin' your heart cause I know you got sould (Brothers and sisters, hey) Listen if you're missin' y'all Swingin' while I'm singin' Givin' whatcha gettin' Knowin' what I know While the Black bands sweatin' And the rhythm rhymes rollin' Got to give us what we want Gotta give us what we need Our freedom of speech is freedom or death We got to fight the powers that be Lemme hear you say Fight the power Chorus As the rhythm designed to bounce What counts is that the rhymes Designed to fill your mind Now that you've realized the prides arrived We got to pump the stuff to make us tough from the heart It's a start, a work of art To revolutionize make a change nothin's strange People, people we are the same No we're not the same Cause we don't know the game What we need is awareness, we can't get careless You say what is this? My beloved lets get down to business Mental self defensive fitness (Yo) bum rush the show You gotta go for what you know Make everybody see, in order to fight the powers that be Lemme hear you say... Fight the Power Chorus Elvis was a hero to most But he never meant shit to me you see Straight up racist that sucker was Simple and plain Mother fuck him and John Wayne Cause I'm Black and I'm proud I'm ready and hyped plus I'm amped Most of my heroes don't appear on no stamps Sample a look back you look and find Nothing but rednecks for 400 years if you check Don't worry be happy Was a number one jam Damn if I say it you can slap me right here (Get it) lets get this party started right Right on, c'mon What we got to say Power to the people no delay To make everybody see In order to fight the powers that be (Fight the Power) |
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As for your permission for another person's thoughts and actions and behaviors, when you say shit like "I won't allow it", you just crack me up. The complete ridiculousness of such hubris makes most of the rest of what you say equally unbelievable. |
Oh noes, I done gone 'n' showed mah lak of intelijuns.
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Doan wurry, we is give y'awl a edumacashun.
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I can haz ejuhmuhkayshun?
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UG is a spade!
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That's why he digs the cellar...
and can handle a blade... and is so trenchant in his beliefs ... |
anacoluthia \an-uh-kuh-LOO-thee-uh\, noun:
Lack of grammatical sequence or coherence, esp. in a sentence. |
A gold star for you!
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Yay me!
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Wait, You know Anna Coluthia? She was my high school sweetheart.
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Gee ! You knew Ann Coulter as a kid !
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hahah! twin daughters!
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Read good writing; think smart thoughts. The man who complains at this has no part with me. Do not beg me to descend to whatever level of mediocrity you find comfortable. It is too cramped for me. |
That's very smart, and not at all wise.
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To his credit, he starts off forbidding behavior of someone who live thousands of miles away, and then a bit later he admits that all he can really do is say their standards are too low. So he does show awareness of his impotence.
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UG is impotent? Can he get it up?
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And too-limited seems something you'd like for me. Shame on you, then. Rise to my level even if you don't or can't believe. You will like it here. |
Need I Say Any Thing in this Thread ??
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UG, You remind me of a homeless beggar who believes he has more freedom than the average Joe because he has no mortgage and no employer. I'm glad you enjoy your posts.
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zippy's grammar is fine. He just writes with an accent.
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zippy's grammar is fine. He just writes with an accent.
HA HA !! Gotz to lurve the Celler !!!! |
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"Come, my songs, let us sing of perfection; we shall get ourselves rather disliked." -- Pound |
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Hey I was trying to do a little research on some past US engagements. Does anyone here know by chance who won the war in Bosnia?
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