For all my grammar sticklers out there.
Okay, I am not a grammar stickler. I am aware of the rules though when I write I tend to mess things up a bit. (Should there be a comma in that sentence, where exactly does the period go if I am paranthesizing the statement in the last sentence with this sentence. . . is paranthesizing a word? Or perhaps it should be a paranthetical expression?)
There is this really funny book out there by this great English grammar stickler lady. (Redundant sentence with and. . . oh no, adverb!) It is called Eats, Shoots and Leaves. I can't remember her name but I will get back to you on the specifics when I go home and get the book. The title of the book is predicated on a variation of this joke:
A Panda walks into a restaurant and orders lunch. When lunch is served the Panda eats it, stands up to go and fires two shots into the air with a pistol then turns to leave.
"Why?" Asks the perplexed waiter. The panda says nothing but rather takes out a nature guide, throws it on the table and leaves. The waiter picks up the nature guide and flips to the definition of a panda. Panda= Eats, Shoots and Leaves.
Grammar Sticklers Unite! Use this thread to post all the messed up grammar in the world that you run across. The lady (I will get her name. . . really. And I will try not to use too many ellipses. And I will try not to start sentences with the word And. And end them for that matter. . . really, where the-hell does that period go? Can I make the-hell into a hyphenated word? Why not?) has this one particular pet peeve about some movie poster and signs for bananas in family owned grocery stores. (What was wrong with that sentence? Can I break a sentence with a paranthetical expression that contains a couple sentences of its own, with their own punctuation?) Find me things like that.
Go find an MLA handbook, arm yourself with the latest edition of Strunks and White comb your town for grammatical castatrophes.
You can start with this post. I told you I wasn't a grammar stickler.
Happy Hunting!
Okay, I am not a grammar stickler. I am aware of the rules though when I write I tend to mess things up a bit. (Should there be a comma in that sentence, where exactly does the period go if I am paranthesizing the statement in the last sentence with this sentence. . . is paranthesizing a word? Or perhaps it should be a paranthetical expression?)
There is this really funny book out there by this great English grammar stickler lady. (Redundant sentence with and. . . oh no, adverb!) It is called Eats, Shoots and Leaves. I can't remember her name but I will get back to you on the specifics when I go home and get the book. The title of the book is predicated on a variation of this joke:
A Panda walks into a restaurant and orders lunch. When lunch is served the Panda eats it, stands up to go and fires two shots into the air with a pistol then turns to leave.
"Why?" Asks the perplexed waiter. The panda says nothing but rather takes out a nature guide, throws it on the table and leaves. The waiter picks up the nature guide and flips to the definition of a panda. Panda= Eats, Shoots and Leaves.
Grammar Sticklers Unite! Use this thread to post all the messed up grammar in the world that you run across. The lady (I will get her name. . . really. And I will try not to use too many ellipses. And I will try not to start sentences with the word And. And end them for that matter. . . really, where the-hell does that period go? Can I make the-hell into a hyphenated word? Why not?) has this one particular pet peeve about some movie poster and signs for bananas in family owned grocery stores. (What was wrong with that sentence? Can I break a sentence with a paranthetical expression that contains a couple sentences of its own, with their own punctuation?) Find me things like that.
Go find an MLA handbook, arm yourself with the latest edition of Strunks and White comb your town for grammatical castatrophes.
You can start with this post. I told you I wasn't a grammar stickler.
Happy Hunting!