Comments on: An Apology?

By: Luca Richards

Luca Richards — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 02:48:08 +0000

dyslexia is not that debiliating but it is somewhat limiting to the kind of job that you can get-`,

By: Harrison Ward

Harrison Ward — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 15:59:01 +0000

Tom Cruise have dyslexia and yet he is still a very successful actor.“’

By: Emma-Louise

Emma-Louise — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 13:43:00 +0000

Haa ha, I can’t help myself. I think this site is really funny. I can picture you all with steam coming from your head!

By: Gez

Gez — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 17:09:00 +0000

Also, “Do a few misplaced apostrophes…?” was the beginning of a question - not a command.

So ner!

By: Gez

Gez — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 17:06:00 +0000

You’re trouble, you are. Typos are not the same as errors resulting from ignorance. Thanks for pointing them out though. As for the capital letter issue - speak to Google.

By: Emma-Louise

Emma-Louise — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 15:15:00 +0000

Erm, how does one “do” an apostrophe and what is “lightheated”? Did you sit under a bulb for 20 minutes, or was the gas turned low?
PS. Why don’t your names have capital letters on this comment page?

By: Gez

Gez — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 17:17:00 +0000

Thank you, dear contributors for reaffirming my faith in the righteousness of grammar.

By: Dan

Dan — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 12:18:00 +0000

I once appeared on stage with Marcus Brigstocke, having been volunteered by my then-girlfriend, who was fat. I had to give a name to my penis and then walk through a giant rubber vagina.

I was only there because he was outside giving free tickets away.

Another one of those tomorrow.

Oh, like that bloke Jesus in some novel or other, I'm with Thomas and Paul here.

By: Paul

Paul — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 07:16:00 +0000

Can’t really add anything to Tom’s comment, but I’ll try. I do think the vitriol is justified; in my view most grammatical errors occur because people are lazy and cannot be bothered to check what they’re writing.

The rules of grammar, particularly those pertaining to commas, apostrophes and full stops, are very easy to grasp.

To be honest if someone can just get those basics correct, they will be (pretty much) back on track and I will no longer feel the need to throttle them.

By: Tom

Tom — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 23:25:00 +0000

Now hang on. I quite like Marcus Brigstocke; despite making a career out of ‘appearances’ on panel shows and Room 101, he’s actually very good at making massively offensive jokes which belie his soft, nerdy persona.

His argument here, however, is paper-thin and discoloured by esoteric, out-of-context circumstances.

Clearly dyslexia is an affliction/disability/ailment and clearly his was appallingly overlooked and badly handled during his education. But using dyslexia as some sort of lever to attack correct grammar is like saying that “2+3=8″ is perfectly acceptable because some people suffered oxygen starvation at birth and thus can’t do maths very well. It’s crass, it’s ignorant, it screams of a large chip on one’s shoulder, it’s insulting to the massive number of dyslexic people who don’t consider their condition an excuse, and it’s all the more laughable because one of our patron saints is dyslexic.

Ladies and gentlemen, I give you Mr AA Gill.