Word and Grammar Rage
Posted by: JWM on 06 September 2008
I thought it might be helpful for the Forum to have a "Pedants' Corner" where the Forum pedants could get off their chest (or should that be 'chests'?) their word and grammar rage from Forum posts.
Yours, a keen pedant himself, but who on this Forum leaves it behind for friendship's sake,
James
Posted on: 06 September 2008 by Jay
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Originally posted by JWM:
Yours, a keen pedant himself, but who on this Forum leaves it behind for friendship's sake,
Should there be a full stop at the end of that sentence James?
Posted on: 06 September 2008 by dn1
Shouldn't that be forum, rather than Forum?
Posted on: 06 September 2008 by 555
Posted on: 06 September 2008 by Major-Tom
...'sat' ( It was sat / I was sat..)when they mean sitting. 'Stood'(It was stood / It is stood...) when they mean standing. Certain HiFi journalists ( a clean pair of heals !!) and estate agents take note.
Posted on: 06 September 2008 by JWM
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Originally posted by Jay:
quote:
Originally posted by JWM:
Yours, a keen pedant himself, but who on this Forum leaves it behind for friendship's sake,
Should there be a full stop at the end of that sentence James?
No - subordinate clauses.
Posted on: 06 September 2008 by JWM
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Originally posted by dn1:
Shouldn't that be forum, rather than Forum?
No - proper noun.
Posted on: 06 September 2008 by Adam Meredith
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Originally posted by JWM:
Yours, a keen pedant himself, but who on this Forum leaves it behind for friendship's sake,
Not sure about that sentence. What is
it that you leave behind? Would this not be "pedantry" - rather than "himself" (the keen pedant)?
Please note the pedantic use of green highlight to avoid absolutely any confusion.
" - One can make all kinds of corrections with simple household rules.
- If one was so inclined."
(Which is incorrect - but where from?)
Posted on: 06 September 2008 by u5227470736789524
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Originally posted by Adam Meredith:
quote:
Originally posted by JWM:
Yours, a keen pedant himself, but who on this Forum leaves it behind for friendship's sake,
Not sure about that sentence. What is
it that you leave behind? Would this not be "pedantry" - rather than "himself" (the keen pedant)?
A testimony quote (ie: court of law) from Microsoft's Bill Gates: "That would depend on how you define the word
is ".
Posted on: 06 September 2008 by u5227470736789439
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Originally posted by Adam Meredith:
[...].
" - One can make all kinds of corrections with simple household rules.
- If one was so inclined."
(Which is incorrect - but where from?)
Surely this is the use of the subjunctive, which would requre the use of were tather than was.
Not a pedant, because I can end up making all sorts of mistakes, but it makes me smile when others are, even fixing my mistakes!
Posted on: 06 September 2008 by BigH47
or rather?
Posted on: 06 September 2008 by u5227470736789439
Hehehehe!
Posted on: 06 September 2008 by BigH47
Posted on: 06 September 2008 by u5227470736789439
GB Shaw had it right. Two Nations divided by one language!
Posted on: 06 September 2008 by Adam Meredith
Comment?
Common?
Come on.
Posted on: 07 September 2008 by Chillkram
Of particular annoyance to me is the use of "could of..", "would of...", "should of..." rather than "could have.." or "could've..", etc.
Posted on: 07 September 2008 by Tarquin Maynard - Portly
Elsewhere I am "Chairman, The Society of Pedants (formerly The Pedants' Society; formerly The Pedant's Society; formerly The Pedants Society)".
Hurrah for me.
Posted on: 07 September 2008 by 555
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or "arrse" as it is spelled (spelt) in English?
Today I claim my Presidency of Pedants U.K.
Next week World domination!
Posted on: 07 September 2008 by Adam Meredith
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Originally posted by mike lacey:
The Society of Pedants (formerly The Pedants' Society; formerly The Pedant's Society; formerly The Pedants Society)
String 'em up. Them and those paediatricians.
Posted on: 08 September 2008 by rupert bear
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Originally posted by Major-Tom:
and estate agents take note.
Correction: former estate agents.
Posted on: 08 September 2008 by tonym
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Originally posted by Adam Meredith:
String 'em up. Them and those paediatricians.
What relevance have feet to this subject?
Posted on: 08 September 2008 by Adam Meredith
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Originally posted by tonym:
What relevance have feet to this subject?
Podiatrists - Them2.
Don't even get me STARTED.
Posted on: 08 September 2008 by tonym
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Originally posted by Adam Meredith:
Podiatrists - Them2.
IPod fetishists perhaps? (Damn. Is a capital "I" correct for the beginning of this sentence?)
Posted on: 08 September 2008 by droodzilla
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(Damn. Is a capital "I" correct for the beginning of this sentence?)
I feel your pain Tony!
Posted on: 08 September 2008 by Deane F
An army rumour perhaps Mike...?
All part of the service...
Posted on: 09 September 2008 by JWM
Some of my own beefs (or is that beeves?
):
Apostrophes (lack of or wrong place).
Punctuation (lack of or wrong place).
Not starting a sentence with a capital letter.
In typed work, not having a double space between sentences.
'Less than' instead of 'fewer than' - e.g. 'less than ten items...'
'Due to' instead of 'owing to' or 'because of' - e.g. 'due to leaves on the line...'
Incorrect homophone - e.g. hear/here, there/their...
And never forget, revolting pedants, our cause is an ancient one. For was it not in the 14th Century that Which Tyler was the leader of the Pedants' Revolt?
