Cato's Grammar Grumble

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karlhenning

#1720
September 08, 2011, 11:11:37 AM
Looking for junk grammar on Amazon — even the official copy — is like shooting fish in a barrel, you might say:

QuoteTheir catalogue of country-tinged songs have found their way to the upper reaches of the charts . . . .

eyeresist

#1721
September 08, 2011, 05:47:36 PM

Their grammar are stupid!

Cato

#1722
September 08, 2011, 06:20:55 PM
Quote from: eyeresist on September 08, 2011, 05:47:36 PM
Their grammar are stupid!

And so's their grampa!   :o
"Meet Miss Ruth Sherwood, from Columbus, Ohio, the Middle of the Universe!"

- Brian Aherne introducing Rosalind Russell in  My Sister Eileen (1942)

Cato

#1723
September 09, 2011, 03:28:20 AM
Okay kiddies!  Another howler from local Columbus news on the teevee!

The set-up: you see a shot of the skyline around New York City's Central Park.  Intrepid reporter Blondie Bubblegumbrain intones a news item telling of an increased terror threat because of the 10th anniversary of 9-11.

With the screen still showing the skyline around Central Park, she then says: "As you can see, New York is very tense!"  ???

After drying our tears from laughing, my wife and I then had to admit: maybe she was right!   :o

Those buildings maybe were rigid with fear!    0:)
"Meet Miss Ruth Sherwood, from Columbus, Ohio, the Middle of the Universe!"

- Brian Aherne introducing Rosalind Russell in  My Sister Eileen (1942)

karlhenning

#1724
September 09, 2011, 03:58:40 AM
Mercy!

Grazioso

#1725
September 09, 2011, 05:28:40 AM
Quote from: Cato on September 09, 2011, 03:28:20 AM
Okay kiddies!  Another howler from local Columbus news on the teevee!

The set-up: you see a shot of the skyline around New York City's Central Park.  Intrepid reporter Blondie Bubblegumbrain intones a news item telling of an increased terror threat because of the 10th anniversary of 9-11.

With the screen still showing the skyline around Central Park, she then says: "As you can see, New York is very tense!"  ???

After drying our tears from laughing, my wife and I then had to admit: maybe she was right!   :o

Those buildings maybe were rigid with fear!    0:)

Just take her word for it. She's on TV. It must be true.
There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact. --Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Cato

#1726
September 09, 2011, 05:45:27 AM
Quote from: Grazioso on September 09, 2011, 05:28:40 AM
Just take her word for it. She's on TV. It must be true.

Why, yes, I had forgotten that!   ;D

Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on September 09, 2011, 03:58:40 AM
Mercy!

Aye, mercy indeed!  Many aspects of modern life are now unwittingly self-satirizing: to mock them, you just quote them!
"Meet Miss Ruth Sherwood, from Columbus, Ohio, the Middle of the Universe!"

- Brian Aherne introducing Rosalind Russell in  My Sister Eileen (1942)

eyeresist

#1727
September 09, 2011, 06:34:19 AM
Gaaaahd! I LITERALLY could NOT beLIEVE my EYES!

Cato

#1728
September 12, 2011, 05:52:58 AM
Quote from: eyeresist on September 09, 2011, 06:34:19 AM
Gaaaahd! I LITERALLY could NOT beLIEVE my EYES!

;D  On an episode of The Big Bang Theory, a not-very-bright boyfriend of "Penny" says something "I literally got hit a million times."

To which claim Sheldon the Physicist replies skeptically: "Literally?  Li-te-ral-ly?"
"Meet Miss Ruth Sherwood, from Columbus, Ohio, the Middle of the Universe!"

- Brian Aherne introducing Rosalind Russell in  My Sister Eileen (1942)

Opus106

#1729
September 12, 2011, 06:10:16 AM
Why is Penny within quotes? :-\ I literally cannot understand that.
Regards,
Navneeth

DavidRoss

#1730
September 12, 2011, 06:13:53 AM
Quote from: Opus106 on September 12, 2011, 06:10:16 AM
Why is Penny within quotes? :-\ I literally cannot understand that.
Because "Penny" is not a real person but a character within a play.
"Maybe the problem most of you have ... is that you're not listening to Barbirolli." ~Sarge

"The problem with socialism is that sooner or later you run out of other people's money." ~Margaret Thatcher

Opus106

#1731
September 12, 2011, 06:20:06 AM
Quote from: DavidRoss on September 12, 2011, 06:13:53 AM
Because "Penny" is not a real person but a character within a play.

Aha! And what about Sheldon the Physicist? 

A case of the grumbler being grumbled about? :D ;)
Regards,
Navneeth

Grazioso

#1732
September 12, 2011, 06:24:24 AM
Quote from: DavidRoss on September 12, 2011, 06:13:53 AM
Because "Penny" is not a real person but a character within a play.

So is Hamlet, but we don't usually use quotation marks to denote fictional characters.
There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact. --Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

karlhenning

#1733
September 12, 2011, 06:25:56 AM
Emphasis, perhaps?

Grazioso

#1734
September 12, 2011, 06:31:58 AM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on September 12, 2011, 06:25:56 AM
Emphasis, perhaps?

She deserves emphasis  :o



(Look at Peter Cushing examining the evidence.)
There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact. --Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Cato

#1735
September 12, 2011, 07:47:33 AM
Quote from: Grazioso on September 12, 2011, 06:31:58 AM
She deserves emphasis  :o



(Look at Peter Cushing examining the evidence.)

And what oomphatic evidence!   ;D

(Apologies to any ladies here at GMG, but admiring God's handiwork is a form of praise to the Divine!   0:)   )
"Meet Miss Ruth Sherwood, from Columbus, Ohio, the Middle of the Universe!"

- Brian Aherne introducing Rosalind Russell in  My Sister Eileen (1942)

Grazioso

#1736
September 12, 2011, 10:01:16 AM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on September 12, 2011, 06:25:56 AM
Emphasis, perhaps?

That would call for italics.

Quote from: Cato on September 12, 2011, 07:47:33 AM
And what oomphatic evidence!   ;D

And what oomphatic evidence!   ;D

There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact. --Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

karlhenning

#1737
September 12, 2011, 10:03:01 AM
Quote from: Grazioso on September 12, 2011, 10:01:16 AM
That would call for italics.

Says "you"! ; )

Grazioso

#1738
September 12, 2011, 10:09:59 AM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on September 12, 2011, 10:03:01 AM
Says "you"! ; )

Thus saith the "style guides." But, either way, it's my language, and I'll do what I want with it  :P
There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact. --Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

karlhenning

#1739
September 12, 2011, 10:13:27 AM
Aye, I was (not to labor the point) having a go at being funny.
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