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29 Nov 01 - 11:57 AM (#600249) Subject: Junk English-(book review & commentary) From: Bill D there have been a number of threads about English usage and various opinions on the decline thereof...so, I was interested to see this review in today's Washington Post. Though brief, it support a number of MY personal prejudices, and manages to convey them more clearly & succinctly than I usually can. I guess I may have to actually invest in the book! One always needs more clever examples to support one's own skewed attitudes, hmmm? |
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29 Nov 01 - 12:15 PM (#600272) Subject: RE: BS: Junk English-(book review & commentary) From: catspaw49 I am of a thought that I might be efforting to grab this paradigmed collective. Spaw |
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29 Nov 01 - 12:44 PM (#600305) Subject: RE: BS: Junk English-(book review & commentary) From: lamarca My husband passed along a memo from someone in his office, announcing that a co-worker's deceased mother was going to be "funeralized on Tuesday"... Looks like another good book for us Pedantic Word and Grammar Police (the PWGP ward at the NYCFTS?) |
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29 Nov 01 - 01:31 PM (#600336) Subject: RE: BS: Junk English-(book review & commentary) From: Ringer All living languages change. Those of us who try to place apostrophes correctly, know and maintain the difference between "your" and "you're", etc, are fighting a losing battle. But it can be quite fun fighting, is that not so? |
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29 Nov 01 - 02:48 PM (#600404) Subject: RE: BS: Junk English-(book review & commentary) From: catspaw49 Yur rite in yur opinion Bald Eagle. Spaw |
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29 Nov 01 - 03:38 PM (#600452) Subject: RE: BS: Junk English-(book review & commentary) From: Dicho (Frank Staplin) I allus tout it wuz yer. |