The (grammar) bitch is back ...

[leethet]

I'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.

Comments

[elmey.livejournal.com]

So much on-line "reporting" is garbage.

As upset as I get with the NY Times and their "on the one hand and then on the other" coverage they still have some writers that can really make a story come alive. Of course they're losing money and are adding click-bait as we speak...

[leethet.livejournal.com]

Seriously! When you read a good piece, investigative or opinion, you go "Oh, yeah. I remember when newspapers were like this."