General TE tips

[Veronica]

Thanks! Every time I drive by their factory or whatever it is on South 101 by the SF airport, I'm always fixated on their sign. Mmmm. It's Its. Or are they It's It's? Now that I don't know.

You know, I should really go get one to clarify the issue.

You know whatever they are, I don't like them. I'd rather have a Klondike. Alas, poor Yorick and I are swearing off Klondikes in hopes a few more pounds will disappear to aid the climbing effort. I knew those Klondikes very well.

V.

[SadieKate]

You know, I should really go get one to clarify the issue.

Another good excuse for "the calories don't count when . . . " thread. The calories don't count when it is to solve a grammar question.

Good one, MP.

[bikerz]

My favorite misuse of the apostrophe to date (and I've been collecting them for over 30 years), is the sign in a window in my neighborhood, advertising the following service: Re'sume's. Oh, the irony.

Hey Lise - have you ever read the book Ex Libris by Anne Fadiman? She has a really hilarious essay in there about her family (grammar grinches one and all!) who have a family sport of collecting published grammer errors. That's a really great little book! (She also wrote the wonderful The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down, which was mentioned on a another thread here recently.)

(Can anyone tell I'd rather be doing something besides working right now?)

[Lise]

Hey Lise - have you ever read the book Ex Libris by Anne Fadiman? She has a really hilarious essay in there about her family (grammar grinches one and all!) who have a family sport of collecting published grammer errors. That's a really great little book! (She also wrote the wonderful The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down, which was mentioned on a another thread here recently.)

(Can anyone tell I'd rather be doing something besides working right now?)

Oh, yes, I loved Ex Libris and The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down. Especially the latter. My first degree is in anthropology, and the next two are in science/health care. The only thing wrong with that book is I didn't write it! If somebody ever offers to pay my bills and support me while I get a doctorate, I'll look at something like that.

I am going out to ride my bike. Really. Right now!

(has anyone ever noticed how hard it is to type with a cat sitting on your hands?)