http://www.grammarblog.co.uk/2008/06/unelectable/ A blog about spelling, punctuation and grammar Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:12:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 http://www.grammarblog.co.uk/2008/06/unelectable/comment-page-1/#comment-690 Paddy Fri, 13 Jun 2008 08:22:00 +0000 http://65.38.103.143/~grammarb/blog/?p=199#comment-690 Too right. I suspect he/she will have a cellar's worth of minced kittens. Too right. I suspect he/she will have a cellar’s worth of minced kittens.

]]> http://www.grammarblog.co.uk/2008/06/unelectable/comment-page-1/#comment-682 Beth Mon, 09 Jun 2008 20:42:00 +0000 http://65.38.103.143/~grammarb/blog/?p=199#comment-682 I'm suspicious of people who sound that excited (thanks to the exclamation points) about things like fiscal responsibility. He/she is OBVIOUSLY hiding something.<br/><br/>:) I’m suspicious of people who sound that excited (thanks to the exclamation points) about things like fiscal responsibility. He/she is OBVIOUSLY hiding something.:)

]]> http://www.grammarblog.co.uk/2008/06/unelectable/comment-page-1/#comment-681 captainbeah Mon, 09 Jun 2008 20:33:00 +0000 http://65.38.103.143/~grammarb/blog/?p=199#comment-681 I once got a flier from a candidate running for a position on my town's school board. He capitalized words that had absolutely no need for it, such as "hockey" and "chairman." The worst part is, he was elected to the school board, and is still serving on it today. I once got a flier from a candidate running for a position on my town’s school board. He capitalized words that had absolutely no need for it, such as “hockey” and “chairman.” The worst part is, he was elected to the school board, and is still serving on it today.

]]> http://www.grammarblog.co.uk/2008/06/unelectable/comment-page-1/#comment-680 Gez Sun, 08 Jun 2008 22:07:00 +0000 http://65.38.103.143/~grammarb/blog/?p=199#comment-680 I like the idea of grammatical wolves. Maybe they could live with the vocabulary bears. I like the idea of grammatical wolves. Maybe they could live with the vocabulary bears.

]]> http://www.grammarblog.co.uk/2008/06/unelectable/comment-page-1/#comment-679 Gez Sat, 07 Jun 2008 23:06:00 +0000 http://65.38.103.143/~grammarb/blog/?p=199#comment-679 This man is giving rabid, right-wing, isolationist, Christian fundamentalism a bad name. This man is giving rabid, right-wing, isolationist, Christian fundamentalism a bad name.

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