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Grammar Usage, Part Deux

Harry Longshanks

By Harry Longshanks
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Once, when Churchill was criticized for ending a sentence with a preposition, he bull-doggishly replied “It is something up with which I will not put.”

I used to be a pedantic prescriptive grammarian, but I let it go long ago. Now I’m a modified neo-classical linguistic nihilist. The one that still makes me cringe, every time I hear it, is “… between he/she and I;” just say “us” and be done with it. It is short, sweet, and ultimately correct.

"Every man is his own hell" - H.L. Mencken


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Dent Great Member

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Ha ha wait a sec....

oh wow, I think I actually watched those in elementary school.

Cunjunction Junction was always my favorite and I was singing that one around the school yard for the next week.
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Craig Mac Dedicated Member

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My second favorite was "I'm Just a Bill", but that would be off-topic in a grammar thread.

posts made me laugh, thanks man!!!

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worst_shot_ever Well Established Member

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Once, when Churchill was criticized for ending a sentence with a preposition, he bull-doggishly replied “It is something up with which I will not put.”

I always thought Churchill's canard was unfair, as "up" in the phrase "put up" is acting as part of a compound verb, not a preposition. Not to say I adhere to this prescription, or the one against split infinitive, unfailingly.

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julie_m Well Established Member

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My second favorite was "I'm Just a Bill", but that would be off-topic in a grammar thread.

Thought you were just a Harry. Whoops.

Churchill's the man. I named my pug after him.

Harry Longshanks Great Member

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Thought you were just a Harry. Whoops.

My favorite Churchill quote has always been:

MP Bessie Braddock : "Mr. Churchill, you're drunk!" Churchill: "Yes, and you, Madam, are ugly. But tomorrow, I shall be sober."

julie_m Well Established Member

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My favorite Churchill quote has always been:

HAHA! Wow, that's great!

Lady Astor to Churchill: "Winston, if you were my husband I would flavour your coffee with poison." Churchill: "Madam, if I were your husband, I should drink it."

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Can't believe this one wasn't mentioned:

"Golf is a game whose aim is to hit a very small ball into an even smaller hole, with weapons singularly ill-designed for the purpose."

I was thinking that Churchill came up with "golf is a good walk spoiled," but that was Twain.

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Q.Q.Quillume Great Member

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...I was thinking that Churchill came up with "golf is a good walk spoiled," but that was Twain.

I don't have a citation for this but IIRC Twain scholars say there is no evidence to attribute this quotation to Twain.


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i heart grammar. i grew up the son of an english major.

needless to say my teachers love me.

the churchill quotes are awesome

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i heart grammar. i grew up the son of an english major.

Yet you still didn't capitalism the 'I' Or spell 'Churchill with a capital C,in fact even English should have a capital E

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I love this one, gotta love the Pack:

Sadly, far too many people will not see the errors here.

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ClairefromClare Established Member

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The thread title includes the word, "usage," so this isn't too much of a detour:

First, never use a word of one syllable when you can employ one of two or utilize one of three.

I'm a dinosaur here, but: gender refers to nouns in romance languages. It doesn't have anything to do with people. Yes, the English language could use a word to describe the non-sexualized aspects of male-female differences, but gender already has a perfectly good and different meaning. Firnd something else.

Ditto organic, which means carbon based. Twinkies aside, there is no food out there that isn't carbon based and hence organic.

Let's not even get to "I could care less," "ATM machine," and "PIN number." I fight that losing battle with my kids almost daily.
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Dent Great Member

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I love this one, gotta love the Pack:

I'm really bad for that.

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julie_m Well Established Member

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Sadly, far too many people will not see the errors here.

There are errors in there?

Claire, I had to re-read your post a couple times to truly embrace the greatness of it. In other not very eloquent terms: "sh*t girl, I'm gonna have to watch myself!" LOL, "I could care less" drives me nuts! I also remember that lady's expression when I looked her square in the face and said as solemnly as I could: "marijuana is organic, you know." Dent, don't worry, sometimes we all find ourselves using commas, sometimes, just perhaps, more than we should.

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