Hm. “…dressing gown depending from a hanger…” - John Dickson Carr. I’ve never seen the word “depend” used in this manner, but it makes sense since “depend” means to rely on something for support.
Punctuation placement is important. It's the difference between this being a certain brand of pancake syrup and...boy syrup. I really don't want to know what boy syrup is.
I never learned how to use a semi-colon(;) in school. I still don't know how to use one now. It is time for me to just admit that I probably won't ever need to know how to use one.
Concerning #grammar & #spelling, I no longer adhere to #prescriptivism as I once did. #Descriptivism dovetails far better with my acquired understanding of language as a living, growing, metamorphosing creature that will not be contained or constrained by any rules we humans try to place upon it.
However.
Choices such as
orientate
conversate
nucular
alot
realitor
michievious
definatly
apart of
will never fail to make me wither away a little on the inside.
Just posted about how I disagree with the (often condescending) insistence on using French grammar in English for French borrows like "attorney general". #Linguistics#Grammar#Writing
Proposal: when using "they" as a singular #pronoun the singular form of the verb should also be used. For example: "Let's invite Max. They always makes a party fun!" #grammar
This was distributed today on a flyer at work.
And look, I get it, not everyone is Shakespeare, but how did this flyer get through the multiple levels of review between the person who created it and the person who distributed it without anyone ever saying, "Wait a minute, I'm pretty sure using 'we' and 'they' in the same sentence to refer to the same people is a #grammar problem." #smdh#GrammarPolice