Without Grammar Police on the ramparts, we soon would descend into lexical
anarchy, and all would be forfeit.
--Bob Whitmire
Certified Neanderthal
On Fri, Nov 6, 2015 at 9:44 AM, Charles Geilfuss <charles.geilfuss@xxxxxxxxx
> wrote:
> All this reminds me of a ditty I heard years ago:
>
> For all my friends so fond of correcting grammar,
> I'd love to give them a pat on the head,
> Preferably with a hammer.
>
> Charlie
>
> On Fri, Nov 6, 2015 at 12:54 AM, ChrisB <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > A fellow List member kindly sent me this a couple of days ago. I take it
> > as a sort of compliment; well, in fun anyway:
> >
> > http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=19065 <
> > http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=19065>
> >
> > I have it pinned on my noticeboard at work; my colleagues ask me for
> > advice as they know that I am keen on good written English and many of
> them
> > are not good . . .
>
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