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11 October 2007

Spelling and grammar blog Much coolness on one of my favourite subjects.
Is this an appropirate place to bitch about the monster I'm editing this week? IT'S IN ENGLISH PEOPLE, NOT GERMAN! YOU DON'T HAVE TO CAPITALIZE EVERY NOUN!! AND THIS IS A REPORT THAT'S BEING SUBMITTED TO THE LEGISLATURE. STOP FUCKING ABBREVIATING THINGS THAT SHOULDN'T BE ABBREVIATED! (CAN'T YOU TYPE OUT, OR AT LEAST CUT AND PASTE, THE WORDS "DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES"? IS YOUR TIME SO LIMITED THAT YOU CAN ONLY MANAGE "DD"? THAT'S A CUP SIZE, FOR GOD'S SAKE!) OR DID YOU ABBREVIATE EVERYTHING KNOWING THAT I'M SO ANAL THAT I'D GO BACK AND CORRECT IT FOR YOU? YEAH, GOOD PLAN. I FELL FOR IT, AND NOW YOU'RE OFF IN PALM SPRINGS AT A CONFERENCE. FUCKERS.
posted by mudpuppie 11 October | 15:49
That's a great blog. And I totally agree on the "I could care less" thing.

"I couldn't care less" = It is impossible to care less


I also know you are not supposed to start a sentence with "and".
posted by triggerfinger 11 October | 15:56
I figure there are enough sentence fragments on that blog to kindle a bonfire fueled by every lead-off "And" I've ever dropped. And that's quite a few.
posted by Hugh Janus 11 October | 16:00
"Word Girl" is totally the thing I need for my English-as-a-foreign-language class blog this week! Yes!
posted by mdonley 11 October | 17:05
I often start sentences with "and". And I don't care who it annoys.
posted by deborah 11 October | 17:26
Starting sentences with a conjunction is apparently not the sin it once was. At least, so I'm told.

This quotation marks blog is pretty good as well.
posted by TheDonF 11 October | 18:39
intensive purposes intensive purposes intensive purposes
posted by mischief 11 October | 19:13
geesh, not something to loose you're mind over.
posted by eekacat 11 October | 23:21
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