Important notice from the GRAMMAR POLICE. Plz read. This means you.
timelycorruption:
Quote from: Zaphod Beeblebrox on 2009 May 30, 18:45:02
It's sad, really. I noticed that my son's teachers don't bother to correct his spelling or grammar on most of his assignments because it's "the substance that matters" to them. Apparently, AOLspeak is changing the way papers are graded. Why in the hell has it become commonplace?
This probably also has something to do with overly PC public school teachers nowadays that are afraid to correct kids, fearing the wrath of child-centered parents.
redwards:
Just for fun:
Grammar and language rules that go above and beyond your everyday policing: http://www.economist.com/research/styleGuide/index.cfm?page=673903
Some of the stuff in there is pretty obvious, but some of it is amusing and fun. A lot of their rules won't necessarily be agreed upon by your modern dictionary. Of course, your 2009 dictionary probably has words like 'webinar,' 'woot,' and 'fanboy' in it.
Examples:
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Epicentre means that point on the earth's surface above the centre of an earthquake. To say that Mr Putin was at the epicentre of the dispute suggests that the argument took place underground.
Testament is a will, testimony evidence. It is testimony to the poor teaching of English that journalists habitually write testament instead.
Circumstances stand around a thing, so it is in, not under, them.
Effectively means with effect; if you mean in effect, say it.The matter was effectively dealt with on Friday means it was done well on Friday. The matter was, in effect, dealt with on Friday means it was more or less attended to on Friday. Effectively leaderless would do as a description of the demonstrators in East Germany in 1989 but not those in Tiananmen Square. The devaluation of the Slovak currency in 1993, described by some as an effective 8%, turned out to be a rather ineffective 8%.
rohina:
These are not grammar rules, they are explanations about vocabulary and usage, and some of them are contentious at best.
lemmiwinks:
After spell checking your post, prior to hitting the Post button, may I suggest running it through the Stupid Filter?
rohina:
I was a mod on Stupid Filter for a while, but I quit when I realized most of the modding was aimed at a much lower bar of stupid than I was looking for.
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