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10 Microlog entries tagged with ‘grammar’
Rules That Eat Your Brain
On the scourge of ‘zombie rules’ in grammar like the split infinitive, which only serve to obfuscate meaning rather than ease its conveyance. Permalink ·
The Most Comma Mistakes
Mostly common sense although I disagree with the need for a comma after ‘Des Moines, Iowa’ as its absence introduces no awkwardness or ambiguity. Permalink ·
How to use a semicolon
Dead simple, really; in fact I’m using one right here. Permalink ·
What Can We Learn From Diagramming Sentences?
I’m posting this here mostly because the concept of diagramming sentences completely eludes me; I never did anything like this at school and I don’t know anyone who has (or maybe I do). Permalink ·
Fanfare for the Comma Man
Thankfully an article about the sensible use of commas; that Oxford comma rubbish is for people who can’t be bothered rewriting their sentences to remove potential ambiguities. They’re usually the same kind who are prejudiced against the semi-colon. But I digress. Permalink ·
Stealth Mountain’s favourites
Stealth Mountain is a Twitter bot that alerts other users who type ‘sneak peak’ when they meant ‘sneak peek’. The vitriol it gets in response has to be seen to be believed. Permalink ·
Don’t Call Me Limey, Yank! Limey, Don’t Call Me Yank!
MeFi’s linguistics nerds have a field day. Permalink ·
Muphry’s Law
‘If you write anything criticising editing or proofreading, there will be a fault in what you have written.’ Guilty. Permalink ·
Boing Boing post sparks grammar dispute
See if you can spot the error that Andy and Brad have made. Permalink ·
Grocer’s Apostrophe on Flickr
Id est, grammatical mistakes in public signage. Some are less annoying than others, such as the ones that subscribe to the ‘if in doubt, leave it out’ philosophy; I mean, you can always add in your own apostrophe if you’re desperate enough [c/o del.icio.us/torrez]. Permalink ·
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