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"National Grammar Day"
Posted by mrc on 03-04-13 at 12:57 PM
Thinking today of Rolly and Coco and Seana and other defenders of grammar.
A Nefarious Dice Creation
Table of contents
- March forth!,jbug, 01:17 PM, 03-04-13
- RE: National Grammar Day,agman, 01:21 PM, 03-04-13
- RE: National Grammar Day,mrc, 01:25 PM, 03-04-13
- RE: National Grammar Day,kingfish, 01:45 PM, 03-04-13
- RE: National Grammar Day,DearAbby, 02:26 PM, 03-04-13
- RE: National Grammar Day,byoffer, 05:37 PM, 03-04-13
- Bonus MRC Madness Tropes.,Estee, 03:54 PM, 03-04-13
- The A.S.S.cestor.,Estee, 04:06 PM, 03-04-13
- RE: The A.S.S.cestor.,mrc, 04:59 PM, 03-04-13
- RE: National Grammar Day,HobbsofMI, 04:44 PM, 03-04-13
- RE: National Grammar Day,agman, 04:45 PM, 03-04-13
- RE: National Grammar Day,Starshine, 06:12 PM, 03-04-13
- RE: National Grammar Day,cahaya, 07:13 PM, 03-04-13
Messages in this discussion
"March forth!"
Posted by jbug on 03-04-13 at 01:17 PM
Crusin w/ Tribe
"RE: National Grammar Day"
Posted by agman on 03-04-13 at 01:21 PM
http://www.happyplace.com/3645/the-best-obnoxious-responses-to-misspellings-on-facebook
"RE: National Grammar Day"
Posted by mrc on 03-04-13 at 01:25 PM
That's good stuff right they're.
"RE: National Grammar Day"
Posted by kingfish on 03-04-13 at 01:45 PM
LAST EDITED ON 03-04-13 AT 05:07 PM (EST)Sounds like the Lime Street line was right on time.
Not apropos, but, well, it is a color.
"RE: National Grammar Day"
Posted by DearAbby on 03-04-13 at 02:26 PM
Let's celebrate with some cake!http://www.cakewrecks.com/home/2013/3/4/grammar-geeks-unite.html
Readin' with tribephyl
"RE: National Grammar Day"
Posted by byoffer on 03-04-13 at 05:37 PM
I literally teared up at the cake that said, "Happy 40th Zoe with 2 dots over the E".If I ever get the chance to frost a cake for someone with such a name I think I will do that.
"Bonus MRC Madness Tropes."
Posted by Estee on 03-04-13 at 03:54 PM
Because reading the examples will drive him mad. Mad!http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PrepositionsAreNotToEndSentencesWith
And on this day of all days:
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/GrammarNazi
...okay, madder.
"The A.S.S.cestor."
Posted by Estee on 03-04-13 at 04:06 PM
"Minor Spider-Man villain Spellcheck is such a stickler for grammar, syntax, and usage that he, inspired by the letter and punctuation themed Typeface, puts on a costume and beats people up over it. He goes after Spider-Man because the hyphen (-) between his Super Hero name is unnecessary."
It has been noted that Peter tends to get the nutcases.
"RE: The A.S.S.cestor."
Posted by mrc on 03-04-13 at 04:59 PM
This may become my laptop wallpaper.
"RE: National Grammar Day"
Posted by HobbsofMI on 03-04-13 at 04:44 PM
I need to stay out of this post.
sig Syren, bouncy by IceCat, bobble head by Tribephyl, and snoglobe by agman
"RE: National Grammar Day"
Posted by agman on 03-04-13 at 04:45 PM
"RE: National Grammar Day"
Posted by Starshine on 03-04-13 at 06:12 PM
Can I put in near miss as a bugbear of mine.If you nearly miss it means you hit, if two cars nearly missed each other then they hit each other.
It may not look like much but the intensity of putting it down has made me feel a lot better
"RE: National Grammar Day"
Posted by cahaya on 03-04-13 at 07:13 PM
LAST EDITED ON 03-04-13 AT 07:45 PM (EST)Proof copy.
Here, I just want to thank my sophomore high-school English teacher, Ms Wingfield. I still have our grammar and usage book in my library. Oh, she was a tough cookie, having us rewrite a paper throughout an entire semester, all five revisions. From her we learned the power of ruthless proofing and editing, with the first copy completely transformed by the time of the fifth copy.
And what's wonderful about her is that she also had us write free-form open journals, not at all subject the rules of grammar, style or prose. Just write! I filled pages and pages of prose, poetry, Mad magazine style humor and whatever else struck my mind. Write your mind, write your heart, write your spirit. She was a very kind lady and mindful teacher who I will always remember fondly.
Yes, I shamelessly broke some grammatical rules within this post, but sometimes what is being said is more important than the conventions by which it is said.