Figured, should write something…been a while.
First thought was to bemoan the fate of the pronoun…as in preceding
two sentences, inclusive.
What happened to poor “I” and “My”?
Not good enough to make the cut?
Now I have to add “They’re” to the mix as well.
Some sort of time saving device?
“Its”…join the club.
Don’t have time to waste on useless pronouns.
“We”.
Sighhhhhhhh.
“They”…“Those” or “Our”.
30 pointer!
Hmmmm….that’s an idea. Maybe create a game where folks
accumulate 10 points for every pronoun they manage to avoid in a sentence.
Just “New English”, probably.
Always cutting corners.
Really racking up points, now.
Could even throw articles in.
Articles are small, though; so only 5 points, per.
Pretty generous for something, no
more than 3 letters, max.
Course, sitting here, thinking,
now, points will be subtracted for other heinously grammatical abuses…like dangling participles.
Or misuse of “like”…like.
Kind of odd, those points sitting
here thinking, in the first place…I mean, when you think about it.
Being inclined to avoiding
confusion, the Pandora box of participles, dangling or otherwise, not to mention,
troubled, as it were, but none the less, well-meaning, misplaced modifiers, are
better left not messed with, by any such as me.
You know, what I’m talking about?
However, ending sentences in prepositions, educated as they may be, might or might not be
considered as much of no no, by scholars, of which there are many of.
Yeah….
Don’t know…better get out while I
can.
There’s only so much Googling can
deal with.
Hmmmm…wonder how many points
allotted for nouns turned into verbs?
Sorry…allergies kicking in, now.
Anyway…really should get going.
Friend is excitedly shopping for
adverbs, of which you can never have too many of, and I said I would happily go
with….
Sighhhhhhhhhh….
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* Thanks to blog pal Colleen Walsh Fong's recent Grammatical Gambols on her CopyWrites site for the inspiration. And if you're looking to polish up your business writing skills, check out her new book "Write to Grow: Build Your Business, Get More Clients, Make More Money " now available at Amazon.
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Good read! Will share! Thanks for book plug! How many points earned here?
ReplyDeleteThanks...just 25. Can do better! 15 additional provided, on me, just because....
DeleteMakes it kinda hard to diagram a sentence.
ReplyDeleteDiagraming always makes me late for lunch....
DeleteOnce again a great chortletortle . And it has inspired me to invent a brand new word to describe my chortling at yet another of your fine retorting's. As for the English Language, well, I see it as a stampede situation. The language is being reinvented by all and sundry as a means of clique talk. Not one to frown at a noun but the word bastion springs to mind as we approach the final stages of what once use to spoken by all (even foreigners). Mind you I am reliably informed that we have around thirty thousand french words polluting this regal parlay. Never mind, I tend to get misunderstood even when I speak the queens tongue with utmost clarity.
ReplyDelete"regal parlay." I love it!
ReplyDeleteNo doubt it will soon be known as 'The Presidents English' and we'll just carry on drinking our tax free tea. ;-)
Deletemy friends call me the grammar police bc i am constantly correcting spelling and grammar in texts... the misuse of words and one of my biggeest peeves... i should OF written long ago...... it's HAVE, for the LOVE OF PETE!
ReplyDeletePete's so picky. And I thought you were just the recycling police...
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