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The (grammar) bitch is back ...
9 July 2016 03:19 pmI'm reading quite a bit of fanfic right now and although I am enjoying it, I've got to gripe:
The noun is exhalation or inhalation. Exhale and inhale are verbs. For fuck's sake, don't they teach kids anything in school any more? Is this like "That was a hard ask," which I keep seeing in formerly legitimate newspapers where people who are not illiterate would have written "That was a hard question"?
Sam Waterston did a Calvin and Hobbes about "verbing" language, but I thought it was a joke.
OK. I feel better. Thank you for listening (assuming someone is). As ever, anyone who wants to post a pet grammar peeve here is welcome to do so - I always find them interesting.
The noun is exhalation or inhalation. Exhale and inhale are verbs. For fuck's sake, don't they teach kids anything in school any more? Is this like "That was a hard ask," which I keep seeing in formerly legitimate newspapers where people who are not illiterate would have written "That was a hard question"?
Sam Waterston did a Calvin and Hobbes about "verbing" language, but I thought it was a joke.
OK. I feel better. Thank you for listening (assuming someone is). As ever, anyone who wants to post a pet grammar peeve here is welcome to do so - I always find them interesting.
Given the upsurge in readership post-movie, I find it feels really odd to me to think of people reading my stories and picturing the movie-verse guys in them. I can't even imagine it - not having seen the film I can't see those actors/characters at all, let alone in my stories - but considering the possibility is really weird.
Am I the only one who thinks about that?
Am I the only one who thinks about that?
Merry Christmas!
25 December 2015 12:23 amSince I'm awake (thanks, menopause :-/).
Happy holidays to all who celebrate (and, heck, happy days to those who don't) and wishes for a good 2016.
Happy holidays to all who celebrate (and, heck, happy days to those who don't) and wishes for a good 2016.
Am I the only one ...
30 July 2015 08:06 am... who just hates "Cowboy"?
Not least because the Napoleon I'm familiar with isn't one.
Oh well.
Not least because the Napoleon I'm familiar with isn't one.
Oh well.