Reviving this thread, not without trepidation, to share this thought-provoking piece.
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12-16-2011, 06:28 AM #1
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12-16-2011, 12:24 PM #2
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It looks like they need a "Bob the Angry Flower" poster
http://www.angryflower.com/aposter.html
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12-16-2011, 12:51 PM #3
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reminds me of William Safire and his painful nit picking of bad grammar.
Originally Posted by OakLeaf
I make no bones about it. I gave up on it long time ago. Like LPH, I really do not have a first language. My other language is Japanese and let me telll youuuu that the grammar is worldly different that it might as well be (been) an alien language. Even Chinese have some similarities to English but not Japanese. Tis why the Chinese are able to speak more correct American or British English whereas Japanese, well
, not so much.
Spoken language is alive, vibrant and full of life. It should change with generations. How else can it express each generations unique view of the world? We had the rat pack, '50s generation had theirs, hippies, yippies, yuppies, X-gen, valley talk oh my gawd!!, grunge talk. Makes it more interesting. And now with texting, even spelling is going through some major transformation. It's amusing not bemused.
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12-16-2011, 01:04 PM #4
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... and just saw this one (best image I could find and I'm not going to type it over, sorry):
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12-16-2011, 01:58 PM #5
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Those are great! Originally Posted by OakLeaf
... and just saw this one (best image I could find and I'm not going to type it over, sorry):
I should have posted a reply in the theme, but my brain isn't working so well, as it were.
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12-16-2011, 02:45 PM #6
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The misplaced apostrophes really bother me.
Enough said. It hurts my eyes.2015 Trek Silque SSL
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12-17-2011, 03:48 AM #7
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I missed this thread earlier and want to thank you for starting it, Veronica. I have two "friends" on Facebook who are teachers and both of them are constantly butchering the English language with grammatical and spelling errors. They are teaching our children for goodness sake! I find it surprising.
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12-17-2011, 05:06 AM #8
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Five pages on an apostrophe thread and no one has mentioned Bob the Angry Flower?
You can google it. Some people think it is offensive.Each day is a gift, that's why it is called the present.
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