tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post5597197999249343602..comments2024-03-28T06:36:00.295-05:00Comments on Althouse: "Who is so devoted to the park, and to the rules of grammar..."Ann Althousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comBlogger43125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-30480690740961452232013-05-08T06:22:03.305-05:002013-05-08T06:22:03.305-05:00MM: you failed to capitalize Althouse twice, '...MM: you failed to capitalize Althouse twice, 'people' ought to be 'persons' in that context, and 'doll' ought to be plural.<br /><br />Your use of semicolons is a joy and a delight, however. I Have Misplaced My Pantshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16170206151454145154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-19518080376668672162013-05-08T00:47:28.798-05:002013-05-08T00:47:28.798-05:00Online gaming sites are really great place for gam...Online gaming sites are really great place for game lovers to get all kind of games which they would like to play. Spider Solitaire also a one very famous game on internet to download and play with getting a fun.<br /><a href="http://www.friv200.com" rel="nofollow">Friv4</a>Mariohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09820069419821076442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-81556955811025302192013-05-07T23:37:44.281-05:002013-05-07T23:37:44.281-05:00How can it admit students and promise them an educ...<i> How can it admit students and promise them an education when it can't even get its grammar and spelling right?</i><br /><br />It's an art school?<br /><br />JALhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15503869597362866878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-23676874748728653882013-05-07T20:46:09.023-05:002013-05-07T20:46:09.023-05:00DBQ,
Remembered from a book of bathroom graffiti ...DBQ,<br /><br />Remembered from a book of bathroom graffiti of the Ivy League, or something of the kind (it must have been pretty bad, because this is the only item that stuck:<br /><br />(1) We are all Viet Cong<br />(2) Except my mom<br />(3) Typical Leftist individualismMichelle Dulak Thomsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18041391162535875301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-13763283827317154642013-05-07T20:32:12.720-05:002013-05-07T20:32:12.720-05:00DBQ,
My favorite of those I've seen myself wa...DBQ,<br /><br />My favorite of those I've seen myself was in downtown Berkeley. There was a sticker on a lamp post depicting a bunch of very large, militant women with raised fists, captioned "We Still Ain't Satisfied!" Below, someone had written "Eat more ice cream!"Michelle Dulak Thomsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18041391162535875301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-10982984358223239102013-05-07T19:53:40.012-05:002013-05-07T19:53:40.012-05:00classic edited graffito
One that made me laugh in... <i>classic edited graffito</i><br /><br />One that made me laugh in the 1970's and still does.<br /><br />"Support striking phone workers"<br /><br />added: "And the ugly ones too."Dust Bunny Queenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15115422951538885247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-24226152338629707052013-05-07T19:25:50.781-05:002013-05-07T19:25:50.781-05:00Kylos,
From Lynne Truss' Eats, Shoots and Lea...Kylos,<br /><br />From Lynne Truss' <i>Eats, Shoots and Leaves,</i> a classic edited graffito:<br /><br />[Original:] "Nigger's out"<br />[Added:] "But he'll be back shortly!"<br /><br />Michelle Dulak Thomsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18041391162535875301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-39603190973337298532013-05-07T16:51:55.432-05:002013-05-07T16:51:55.432-05:00If I ever took up graffiti I would be the "Pe...If I ever took up graffiti I would be the "Pedantic Vandal".Kyloshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04209978297037782885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-26366392711730209662013-05-07T15:52:24.830-05:002013-05-07T15:52:24.830-05:00""Who is so devoted to the park, and to ...<i>""Who is so devoted to the park, and to the rules of grammar... that he or she would break the law to correct these mistakes?"</i><br /><br />Lots of people. I know when I see mistakes like that it makes me want to join Al-Qaeda.Smilin' Jackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01501763605001379362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-82142077782113140952013-05-07T15:09:54.680-05:002013-05-07T15:09:54.680-05:00This is a great thread. I love pedantry.This is a great thread. I love pedantry.Dust Bunny Queenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15115422951538885247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-61729625073919016142013-05-07T14:29:38.587-05:002013-05-07T14:29:38.587-05:00MM, you don't get claim as "typos" t...MM, you don't get claim as "typos" things that require two fingers on the keyboard at the same time. Like, say, capital letters :-)<br /><br />If I said that I'd typed "tyro" when I meant "typo," that'd be a reasonable typo. But if I typed "Typo" and then claimed that I meant to type no-cap "typo," not so much.Michelle Dulak Thomsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18041391162535875301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-60426840114215621662013-05-07T13:56:07.605-05:002013-05-07T13:56:07.605-05:00@Michelle: That was a typo.
LOL@Michelle: That was a typo.<br /><br />LOLMadisonManhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01212179466758420208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-91602412836567715812013-05-07T12:59:00.691-05:002013-05-07T12:59:00.691-05:00DBQ,
I thought that was the function of a colon? ...DBQ,<br /><br /><i>I thought that was the function of a colon? I guess I'd better go find my Strunk and White.</i><br /><br />Nooooo! <i>Please</i> don't use colons as separators. They'll be everywhere. It's bad enough that I have a cat who insists on sticking his butt in my face at 5 a.m. daily, but you're proposing shoving colons into everyone's faces, over and over again.Michelle Dulak Thomsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18041391162535875301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-25371998029831663052013-05-07T12:52:37.961-05:002013-05-07T12:52:37.961-05:00I'm not always sure if I am correct; especiall...<i> I'm not always sure if I am correct; especially with semi colons.</i><br /><br />In a book I recently read, a politician was was accused of underaged sex.<br /><br />His accuser said she could identify him since he had two moles that looked like a semicolon on his testicles.<br /><br />The detective said, "He'll walk. No jury will believe a teenage girl knows anything about semicolons".eddie willershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04624004872700778288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-36589368091350669222013-05-07T12:49:53.496-05:002013-05-07T12:49:53.496-05:00MM,
Oh, I think you need the semicolon after &quo...MM,<br /><br />Oh, I think you need the semicolon after "lard." The "Oxford semicolon," as it were :-)<br /><br />What you <i>don't</i> need is the capital "P" in "People." What's that doing there?Michelle Dulak Thomsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18041391162535875301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-30836001934502960702013-05-07T12:34:55.698-05:002013-05-07T12:34:55.698-05:00The Horror! The horror....The Horror! The horror....Sam L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00996809377798862214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-62120784367941943282013-05-07T12:34:17.966-05:002013-05-07T12:34:17.966-05:00If the items in the list contain commas themselves...<i> If the items in the list contain commas themselves, though, you need another separator. </i> <br /><br />I thought that was the function of a colon? I guess I'd better go find my Strunk and White.Dust Bunny Queenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15115422951538885247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-73313187250715751232013-05-07T12:34:04.613-05:002013-05-07T12:34:04.613-05:00Yes. For example, there are several kinds of peop...Yes. For example, there are several kinds of people who post on althouse: middle-aged men who apparently have a huge huge crush on althouse and who stick pins into their meade-y voodoo doll every night; trolls who delight in chicanery, obtuseness and not-very-clever obfuscation of topics, delighting in plunging sticks into a wasps' nest; People who can't cook with anything but lard and Madisonians who provide a local-ish angle.<br /><br />Some people would recommend a final semi-colon after 'lard' but I don't think it's necessary.MadisonManhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01212179466758420208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-14726962048873682592013-05-07T12:11:27.571-05:002013-05-07T12:11:27.571-05:00Ruth Anne Adams & DBQ,
Yep. A semicolon usual...Ruth Anne Adams & DBQ,<br /><br />Yep. A semicolon usually separates two things that could stand as distinct sentences. IOW, you could replace it with a period, and there'd be no harm done, grammatically speaking. The idea, though, is to convey that there's some close connection between the statement before and the statement after; for example, I just used a semicolon to illustrate what it's for :-)<br /><br />The other use (and IMO the more valuable one) is to separate complex phrases in long lists. Ordinarily, if you're making a list in a sentence, you separate the items in the list with commas. If the items in the list <i>contain</i> commas themselves, though, you need another separator. Michelle Dulak Thomsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18041391162535875301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-57780400233845132132013-05-07T11:22:00.503-05:002013-05-07T11:22:00.503-05:00Thank you Ruth Anne! I will try to remember that...Thank you Ruth Anne! I will try to remember that rule :-PDust Bunny Queenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15115422951538885247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-83263482301402680352013-05-07T11:19:18.618-05:002013-05-07T11:19:18.618-05:00I so often have to resist the temptation to make c...<i>I so often have to resist the temptation to make corrections in books that I am reading. </i><br /><br />It bugs me that I can't do this with my kindle. So many errors!!!Shannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15709594638793030086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-62660546888319160972013-05-07T11:09:07.164-05:002013-05-07T11:09:07.164-05:00As an editor, I can well understand the desire to ...As an editor, I can well understand the desire to correct typos, grammatical infelicities, and the like--particularly in signs posted by an educational institution.<br /><br />Pratt should certainly hire a copy-editor. How can it admit students and promise them an education when it can't even get its grammar and spelling right?Mollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09851610877640002938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-87888818275866648322013-05-07T11:09:02.626-05:002013-05-07T11:09:02.626-05:00Dust Bunny Queen,
The rule about semi-colons is th...Dust Bunny Queen,<br />The rule about semi-colons is that before and after the punctuation mark, a complete sentence exists. Ruth Anne Adamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01936054116421006847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-86607593513776937912013-05-07T11:07:08.133-05:002013-05-07T11:07:08.133-05:00My favorite copy editor, Annie Gottlieb, now resid...My favorite copy editor, Annie Gottlieb, now resides in New York. Coincidence?Ruth Anne Adamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01936054116421006847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-14933454070275945442013-05-07T11:02:55.384-05:002013-05-07T11:02:55.384-05:00I so often have to resist the temptation to make c...I so often have to resist the temptation to make corrections in books that I am reading. Glaring spelling errors or wrong word usage. Sometimes I see that others have edited in a used paperback or hardback that I have purchased and have to laugh each time I see it occur.<br /><br />One of the main reasons that I don't do editing, other than the fact that I am defacing the book, is that I'm not always sure if I am correct; especially with semi colons. Dust Bunny Queenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15115422951538885247noreply@blogger.com