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David Mitchell is a man after our own hearts
We're big fans of David Mitchell here at GrammarBlog towers so you can imagine the excitement when he released this podcast ranting about many of the topics that have previously been discussed in our blog. I didn't ...
I’m FYIing this FYI
As a science graduate I'm not a big fan of creationism. I have nothing against religion but I object to creationism being taught as a scientific theory in schools. This is much more of an issue in the US; especially in the mid-west and southern states where, it would appear, ...
The Shame.
Our pals at The Engine Room have found a fun little gizmo that works out the reading level required for any blog on the interwebs. The Engine Room was designated a genius level blog. "Great," I thought, "with the A.A Gill quote in the ...
Loose Morals
If the well-meaning but averagely-educated reader accused this blog of regularly eviscerating relatively innocuous grammatical errors, he or she might not be completely off-mark.Obviously I don't agree, but I do think that we've missed out by not publicly skewering a few more egregious howlers, once and for all. With ...
My biggest "US English" peeve.
I'm not going to have an anti-American rant. I realise that the US is poorly represented in the world grammar league (how I wish that existed) due to the misfortune of having a leader who seems to have missed out on his natural calling of becoming a P.E. teacher.In ...
That is so random!
Am I going mad? Has there been a global announcement that I have missed regarding a change in meaning of the word 'random'? Why do I seem to be the only one who minds when people describe events as "random" when they are, in fact, anything but random?This ...
Erroneous supermarket possessives and zany shortened forms
I hate – hate – terms such as "Tesco's" and "Marks's". Where has this possessive (and often incongruously shortened) form come from? The company is called Tesco. It is a Tesco store. Tesco is a massive, rich, corporate behemoth with dubious principles, not a tiny local shop whose owner ...
Introductory Thoughts From Dan
Some people see a homeless man in the street and feel inclined to stoop over, offer comforting words and, having felt around in their pocket for a heptagonal silver rather than circular golden coin, throw money into the scabrous beenie hat at his feet. This is exactly how I feel ...
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