I just want to say, if I see anyone not using spell check around here, with a misspelling that I can identify at a glance, I'll be taking you to task. Your name is mud around these parts.
Nurses with better spelling than mine, on the other hand, are obviously anal retentive perfectionists. Or else they are using spell check, the great equalizer.
Obvious grammatical errors will be pointed out immediately. And, I expect you educated people to know that:
I might be a child of the internet, but eek, reading those types of posts makes my head hurt, though I will most definitely give you your due respect -- I can't keep that up for very long.
I have to admit I'm one of those anal-retentive people (I don't think I'm as bad as other people. I'm well aware of my less than perfect English). I think since we've done away with the traditional numeric keypad with our smartphones (or so the majority of us have), there's not really a reason "2 keep typing lyk dis," but old habits die hard.
I'm not sure "respect" is the right term, but thanks--I think.
I've had enough similarly-worded posts aimed in my direction here on AN that I apparently started to retain the lack of punctuation, pathetic spelling, poor grammar, unvaried diction, run-on sentences and knee-jerk defensiveness innate to such posts--at least on a subconscious level. I had no idea I could so effectively regurgitate that nonsense!
As a lover/student of the written word, it was both amusing and grating to attempt to re-create the literary equivalent of Frankenstein's monster based on (sadly) numerous examples here on AN.
Great, now I can't get the Black Eyed Peas song "Imma be, Imma be" out of my head, which is especially horrible because that's the only part of the song I know! Lol
Thank you so much for this thread. I'm constantly resisting the urge to correct language errors made by supposedly educated people. One of my pettest peeves: mixing up I, me and myself. "She spoke to Bob and I." "If you have any questions, please contact myself." I gnash my teeth every time.
This drives me crazy too. But as a tag-on to OP's #83 post and this one, I submit that when referencing oneself with others in a sentence, the pronouns 'I' and 'me' come last in the sentence behind the others.
Example - "My cousin, my sisters, and I went to the movies." And - "My cousin treated my sisters and me to popcorn."
The first person 'self' comes behind the others in both sentences.
Putting oneself at the end of the group was considered to be humble. (So taught Sr. Florita in my Catholic grade school.)
Love this post! And a thank you to klone for mentioning the book, "Eats, Shoots and Leaves" on another similar post several weeks ago. I purchased it immediately on my Kindle. Hilarious.
Haven't you ever heard Paula Dean say, "I'm fixin' to show y'all some delicious...."? This is a typical saying in Oklahoma and Texas, along with, "Ont fil gud" and "Imma fro up". (I don't feel good. I'm going to throw up.)
I read somewhere that eventually the pronoun "their" will be accepted into the vernacular, replacing the need to use "his or her". For example, one might say, "The patient wants their Dilaudid" and all of us Grammar Nerds/Geeks/Police will just have to deal with it! Please....NO!
If I ever meet the people who came up with this stuff, I swear to all good and innocent things, I will shank them.
Or, rather, imma finna shank 'em.
That kinda rolls off the tongue, don't it?
(Yes, the "kinda" and "don't" are intentional.)
My husband can't get subject-verb agreement to save his life. My daughter has started to follow in his footsteps, and my son has started to follow in my footsteps by constantly correcting her. I want to high-five him every time, but I guess probably I shouldn't encourage him to pick arguments with the girl child. Fellow grammar police, what would you advise in this situation? (Aside from a reasonable dose of Xanax, of course.)
(I mean for me. What kind of parent do you think I am? ?)
ixchel, I wish I could give you some advice as a parent and fellow grammar cop, but since I almost backhanded my daughter for saying, "I haven't drank anything all day," I am not the most qualified. (I FIRMLY corrected her, of course, verbally, not physically.) They either get it or they don't.
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I'm not sure "respect" is the right term, but thanks--I think.
I've had enough similarly-worded posts aimed in my direction here on AN that I apparently started to retain the lack of punctuation, pathetic spelling, poor grammar, unvaried diction, run-on sentences and knee-jerk defensiveness innate to such posts--at least on a subconscious level. I had no idea I could so effectively regurgitate that nonsense!
As a lover/student of the written word, it was both amusing and grating to attempt to re-create the literary equivalent of Frankenstein's monster based on (sadly) numerous examples here on AN.