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[rocknload]

AUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGH.Summary: speak the way you learned in high school English, or else you sound like a "chimp." I couldn't even read it anymore when I got to the part about using the subjunctive mood correctly, because seriously? Who the hell even notices the subjunctive mood in English anymore?

These are the things that darken my day.

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[immelmanturn.livejournal.com]

No one is allowed to complain about improper uses of "they" ever again. English is an evolving language, and "they" is filling the niche for "gender neutral plural/singular" pronoun at this point in time. DEAL WITH IT.

Also, using "literally" possibly makes you sound somewhat overexcitable, but it is HYPERBOLE. That is what it DOES.

[maxiboom.livejournal.com]

Sometimes I misuse "literally" because the purpose of the word has been called to my attention enough times that it becomes an intended act of absurdity. I don't know that this works, because it's buried under at least three layers of interpretation that don't exist unless you know they're there, but whatever!

[pretzelcoatl.livejournal.com]

I know this is mean of me, but I can't help but wonder if this was written by a bitter, bitter former (or current) English major. People who are THIS STUPID about grammar are like those Math majors who are like "Can you do math? Oh wait no you can't but _I_ can." (And other majors have their own issues; that was just the first one I can think of.)

[theeternalmind.livejournal.com]

“if you’re using it a lot, you’re probably using it wrong.”

No, you’re using it wrongly. Using adjectives instead of adverbs is an all-too common error.


I LOL'ed at this. And then again when someone (as well as the dude who wrote the article, I think) was all "NUH UH I WAS TOTALLY RIGHT" and goes on to explain why using an example that has nothing to do with this statement. Good vs. well is one thing (though god I do hate it when people, especially people who claim to be good at grammar (LIKE MY STEPMOM), use it incorrectly), but what if, as I just did, instead of the word "wrong," he used "incorrect"?

In conclusion, OOKY OOKY

[unicorn]

This guy are dumb.

[nimnod.livejournal.com]

I'm a bit of a grammar nazi and even I think that article is really stupid. I shall go about saying "an historical" all day just to fuck the author off. ;)