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Posted By: Faldage March 4 -- National Grammar Day - 03/04/09 03:38 AM
Celebrate by fighting against bad grammar advice. Split infinitives! Dangle participles! And, above all, use sentence modifying hopefully!
Posted By: latishya Re: March 4 -- National Grammar Day - 03/04/09 03:55 AM
Language Log has link to a series about this National Grammar Day. I don't understand all the references, but it seems quite funny,
http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=1201
Posted By: Zed Re: March 4 -- National Grammar Day - 03/04/09 07:35 AM
one of the doctors at work insists that March 4th should be Armed Forces day.
Posted By: Faldage Re: March 4 -- National Grammar Day - 03/04/09 11:57 AM
Looking it up on Wikipedia, hopefully he means to specifically refer to Canadian Armed Forces Day.
Posted By: AnnaStrophic Re: March 4 -- National Grammar Day - 03/04/09 01:33 PM
Originally Posted By: Faldage
Looking it up on Wikipedia, hopefully he means to specifically refer to Canadian Armed Forces Day.


ouch
Posted By: Faldage Re: March 4 -- National Grammar Day - 03/04/09 11:47 PM
I practice what I preach.
Posted By: Zed Re: March 4 -- National Grammar Day - 03/05/09 12:32 AM
(march forth)



sigh
Posted By: Faldage Re: March 4 -- National Grammar Day - 03/05/09 02:58 AM
Pun deafness can be a blessing.
Posted By: Jackie Re: March 4 -- National Grammar Day - 03/05/09 03:14 AM
Shoot (pun intended)--I was hoping it meant we could take up arms against all the people using bad grammar! wink
Posted By: Faldage Re: March 4 -- National Grammar Day - 03/05/09 11:56 AM
We're taking up arms against anyone who promulgates spurious grammar rules. Two rules in particular come to mind: the rule against splitting infinitives and the rule about when to use less and when to usefewer were both dreamed up by late 18th century guys who just thought their own opinions were more elegant than the normal usage. I suspect the same of the which/that rule but I couldn't defend that one right now.
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