Something Garr Will Appreciate

G Fresh · Post by **G Fresh** » Thu Apr 03, 2008 2:16 pm

Garr · Post by **Garr** » Thu Apr 03, 2008 4:26 pm

I LOVE that list.

Thanks for sharing.

Though I am often pedantic in my lust for grammar, I do (believe it or not) realize that speech is colloquial and language is a living, breathing, changing thing. It doesn't mean that I have to like those changes or colloquialisms. There are some that I simply find unforgivable.

Most of the ones in that list are ones that I would not complain about, though number four is certainly on my radar for my own writing, I am not snagged by it when reading it from others. The one on split infinitives gets my attention, but only when it's not used in hyperbolic writing. I understand the point of using that for motivational or bold and artistic purposes.

There are a lot more to discuss, but I feel the pedagogy in me rising.