Schadenfreude
John Solomon (38)
Do you have some lanugage problems?
He was puzzled by the extent to which his friends were focused on where they were sending their children to.
All grammar pedants, check out this piece:
http://litreactor.com/columns/20-common-grammar-mistakes-that-almost-everyone-gets-wrong
I was good on most of them but stand corrected on a couple.
The author uses some good examples, such as: "Because I quit drinking I no longer wake up in my own vomit" and "I was nauseated after falling into that dumpster behind the Planned Parenthood."
My new computer effected a much-needed transition from magazines to Web porn.
Texan: Where are you from?
Yale student: I come from a place where we don't end our sentences with prepositions.
Texan: Okay. Where are you from, jackass?
Texan: Where are you from?I couldn't define a pronoun or an adverb and, when people explain grammar in those terms, I'm completely lost (a product of my era and of a poor school). However, I'm usually able to identify what is grammatically correct even if I can't explain why it is so.
As to ending a sentence with a preposition:
In an article about eduction the following:
Now some will say that there is no absolute rule against ending a sentence with a preposition. Even accepting that proposition doesnt it remain a rather a clumsy way of expressing what was intended? The other things is that it is further proof that journalists do not proof read what they post: the sentence conveys the same meaning with the word "to" removed from its end. Thus it is superfluous.
A good read generally, but particularly so for this gem:
Sorry if this is an oldie but it appealed to me. Grammar - the difference between knowing your shit or knowing you're shit.
It was OK for Shakespeare - "We are such stuff as dreams are made on"I couldn't define a pronoun or an adverb and, when people explain grammar in those terms, I'm completely lost (a product of my era and of a poor school). However, I'm usually able to identify what is grammatically correct even if I can't explain why it is so.
As to ending a sentence with a preposition:
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