Category Archives: Grammar

Rant

Posted on April 24, 2012 by LindaGauer

The word is WHOA. I don’t care how many times you’ve seen it on the internet as woah or whoah, you are wrong if you spell it that way. So stop it.

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Cinnamon? Or downhill?

Posted on April 20, 2012 by LindaGauer

Per Huffington Post 4/20/2012 “Romney: Santorum Still Has ‘Major Roll’ in GOP.”

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Hopefully, the Strunk fans can get over this.

Posted on April 19, 2012 by LindaGauer

“Surely you are joking,” the grammarian said hopefully. AP now accepts the modern usage of hopefully. Check out the article for a cute discussion between a prescriptivist and a descriptivist.

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Maybe that previous work was in the cafeteria.

Posted on February 23, 2012 by LindaGauer

When I read this recap of a TV show, I had to check to see who wrote it, because I thought it might have been from a reader, an amateur wordsmith, and in that case, I would be kind and … Continue reading →

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RIP Me

Posted on January 10, 2012 by LindaGauer

RIP Singular First Person Objective Pronoun. Apparently Me has passed on, overcome by misuse of Singular First Person Subjective Pronoun. Witness “between you and I”, “to my friend and I” and “from John and I”. Me was predeceased by Adjectives … Continue reading →

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