Roll over and stop begging. Ah, at last, takin' it to the streets over one of my pet grammar/vocabulary nazi peeves. (Now if I can just poison all the commenters in the blogosphere who write loose for lose.)

(Via The Washington Monthly.)


Posted by Moira Breen at 11 April 2005 02:32 PM
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What about those who refuse to tow our grammatical line?

Posted by: Angie Schultz on April 12, 2005 12:38 AM

If our cause was comprised of enough people, we could chose to call the cops and have them hung. But law enforcement is not my forté.

Posted by: Moira Breen on April 12, 2005 07:05 AM

You really need to nib it in the butt to be effective.

P.S. Yes, I've really heard that phrase used. It doesn't beat the day I got the e-mail that started "I'm sorry for being so incontinent...".

Posted by: Annoying Old Guy on April 13, 2005 07:24 AM

Tough crowd. I'm starting to wonder what rules I transgressed. Could Moira's slight hesitation in returning an email be reproach for a long-ago split infinitive? Did I beg the question during that high-school camping trip? Do little spellcheckers have big ears? It's getting so you can't tell who your friends are.

Posted by: Jonathan on April 13, 2005 01:41 PM

We're your friends, Jonathan. I'm just a bit senile. And I don't filter on split infinitives. (Good English requires split infinitives.)

Posted by: Moira Breen on April 14, 2005 08:56 AM

Yes, senile like a fox.

Posted by: Jonathan on April 14, 2005 12:42 PM

Foxes get senile.

Posted by: Moira Breen on April 14, 2005 05:30 PM

"I'm sorry for being so incontinent..."

I think that gets the prize. (I mean literally speaking, I guess there could be evidence of incontinence on writing paper. Not email, though.)

Speaking of which, the other day my kid was asking me to explain the "Incontinentia" crack from Life of Brian.

Posted by: Moira Breen on April 14, 2005 05:33 PM

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