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December 18th, 2011
The 20 Most Controversial Rules in the Grammar World
“Like anything else involving stringent rules and regulations, grammar harbors a hefty share of obsessive fanboys and fangirls who enjoy debating its ins, outs, and other various quirks. So of course controversies break out in academia, the media, and even intimate conversations between friends. Here are a few of the ones that churn stomachs and angry up the blood, in no particular order.”
- The Oxford Comma
- The pronunciation of “controversial”
- Double negatives
- “Irregardless”
- Ending sentences with prepositions
- “Hanged” vs. “Hung”
- Like as a conjunction
- “Good” vs. “Well”
- Text/Internet speak
- Starting sentences with “however”
- Starting sentences with “but” or “and”
- Gender-neutral pronouns
- Split infinitives
- Passive voice
- Punctuation inside quotation marks
- Possessive apostrophes on words that end in ‘s’
- “E-mail” vs. “email”
- Universal grammar rules
- The fact that there are different kinds of dashes
- “Who” vs. “Whom”
(Source: shrinkinglibrarian)
November 17th, 2011
sashay, verb
To walk in an ostentatious yet casual manner, typically with exaggerated movements of the hips and shoulders
(via randomwordsdaily)
November 15th, 2011
Shakespeare’s Insults.
(Source: mostlyharmlessornot, via vistasoftheworld)
Things we say today which we owe to Shakespeare.
(Source: mostlyharmlessornot, via vistasoftheworld)
November 14th, 2011
Prima facie is from the Latin phrase meaning “at first appearance.” In law, it is what’s sufficient to establish a fact or a case unless disproved.
