@mathewi Microsoft used to suggest "please advice" in lieu of "please advise." Made me shudder every time.
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Favourite figure of speech, people? Synecdoche for me!
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Saturday night pedantic gripe:
"gift" is not a verb
"journal" is not a verb
That's it.
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"This is the hill on which I will die" is more grammatically correct than "This is the hill I will die on".
This is the hill on which I will, most probably, die.
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@wendinoakland @TollyTB ✊ Not sure I'd resort to homicide 😬 Maybe GBH.
We should give him a break though, he *is* a tortoise. Gotta be some hurdles to overcome with typing 🤷♀️
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The subject/object distinction breaks down... in passive voice sentences!
Didn't Hallmark cards used to be good? This isn't even grammatically correct >.< Am I being too picky or should I return this? #actuallyautistic #Hallmark #grammar #grammarnerd
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Did you know that commas could save lives?!
"LET'S EAT, KIDS!"
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@Lavernica This begs a joke about sequence of tenses that I am too tired to come up with right now. #GrammarNerd
@intransitivelie Setting up and formatting a MS Word Table of Contents and Table of Authorities in the longer briefs I write. Boring and nit-picky to some; totally satisfying and enjoyable to me. #Writer #Lawyer #GrammarNerd #FormattingNerd
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Customer asked “What’s the good word today?”
I told him “Lucubratist: someone who works by candlelight.”
He replied “I didn’t see that one coming!” and went away delighted. #English #GrammarNerd
@NeaArmstrong not a fan of the Oxford comma but I won’t hold that against you. 🙃 #GrammarNerd
@InvaderXan Nonsense is peddled. Bicycles are pedaled.
That's my contribution to this thread 😉