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{{quote|'''Avery''': What are you, some kind of grammar nazi?<br /> |
{{quote|'''Avery''': What are you, some kind of grammar nazi?<br /> |
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'''Millie''': Yep. I've just invaded Grammar Czechoslovakia and duped Grammar Neville Chamberlain, and now it's off to Grammar Poland and Grammar World Conquest!!|'''[[ |
'''Millie''': Yep. I've just invaded Grammar Czechoslovakia and duped Grammar Neville Chamberlain, and now it's off to Grammar Poland and Grammar World Conquest!!|'''[[Ozy and Millie]],'''}} |
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{{quote|''The English language is being treated nowadays exactly... as [[Godwin's Law|the inmates of concentration camps were dealt with by their Nazi jailers.]]''|John Simon, film and theater critic}} |
{{quote|''The English language is being treated nowadays exactly... as [[Godwin's Law|the inmates of concentration camps were dealt with by their Nazi jailers.]]''|John Simon, film and theater critic}} |
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She was gorgeous, she was charming, yes, she was perfect in every way<br /> |
She was gorgeous, she was charming, yes, she was perfect in every way<br /> |
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Except she was always using the word "infer" when she obviously meant "imply"<br /> |
Except she was always using the word "infer" when she obviously meant "imply"<br /> |
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And I know some guys would put up with that kind of thing, but frankly, I can't imagine why|'''[[Weird Al Yankovic]]''', "Close but No Cigar"}} |
And I know some guys would put up with that kind of thing, but frankly, I can't imagine why|'''[["Weird Al" Yankovic]]''', "Close but No Cigar"}} |
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{{quote|'''Homer:''' Linguo...dead?!<br /> |
{{quote|'''Homer:''' Linguo...dead?!<br /> |
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'''Linguo the Grammar Robot:''' Linguo...'''IS'''...deeeeeaaaaad...(dies)|''[[The Simpsons ( |
'''Linguo the Grammar Robot:''' Linguo...'''IS'''...deeeeeaaaaad...(dies)|''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]'', episode "Trilogy of Error"}} |
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{{quote|"Whoever killed her...also murdered the English language."|'''[[Castle |
{{quote|"Whoever killed her...also murdered the English language."|'''[[Castle|Rick Castle]]''', ''who later goes on to correct who/whom and the improper use of the word [[Irony|ironic]].''}} |
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{{quote|'''Agent Bork''': Chief, you know that guy whose camper they were whacking off in?<br /> |
{{quote|'''Agent Bork''': Chief, you know that guy whose camper they were whacking off in?<br /> |
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{{quote|"Y-O-U-R. Y-O-U-Apostrophe-R-E. They're as different as night and day. Don't you think that night and day are different? What's wrong with you?"|'''[[Homestar Runner|Strong Bad]]'''}} |
{{quote|"Y-O-U-R. Y-O-U-Apostrophe-R-E. They're as different as night and day. Don't you think that night and day are different? What's wrong with you?"|'''[[Homestar Runner|Strong Bad]]'''}} |
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{{quote|"We must invade the Bureau and bring them under our control! They WILL correct this typo!"|'''[[Disgaea 4 a Promise Unforgotten |
{{quote|"We must invade the Bureau and bring them under our control! They WILL correct this typo!"|'''[[Disgaea 4 a Promise Unforgotten|Valvatorez]]'''}} |
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{{quote|''Sorry, I think you mean "who", not "whom". People WHO correct grammar in casual conversation are obnoxious. Now run along. Men are talking.''|''[[A Softer World]]''}} |
{{quote|''Sorry, I think you mean "who", not "whom". People WHO correct grammar in casual conversation are obnoxious. Now run along. Men are talking.''|''[[A Softer World]]''}} |
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{{quote|''"Yes, they're the sort of dribbling unpardonable cretins that use "party" as a verb and, when I'm in charge and have established by Reich, those people are going to be punished."''|'''[[Charlie Brooker]]''', ''[[ |
{{quote|''"Yes, they're the sort of dribbling unpardonable cretins that use "party" as a verb and, when I'm in charge and have established by Reich, those people are going to be punished."''|'''[[Charlie Brooker]]''', ''[[Newswipe]]''}} |
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{{quote|"You ended a sentence with a preposition! Bastard!"|'''Col. Jack O'Neill''', ''[[Stargate SG |
{{quote|"You ended a sentence with a preposition! Bastard!"|'''Col. Jack O'Neill''', ''[[Stargate SG-1|Stargate SG 1]]''}} |
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{{quote|''There is a busybody on your staff who devotes a lot of time to chasing split infinitives... I call for the immediate dismissal of this pedant. It is of no consequence whether he decides to go quickly or to quickly go or quickly to go. The important thing is that he should go at once.''|'''[[George Bernard Shaw]]''', letter to the ''Times'' of London}} |
{{quote|''There is a busybody on your staff who devotes a lot of time to chasing split infinitives... I call for the immediate dismissal of this pedant. It is of no consequence whether he decides to go quickly or to quickly go or quickly to go. The important thing is that he should go at once.''|'''[[George Bernard Shaw]]''', letter to the ''Times'' of London}} |
Revision as of 01:32, 8 April 2014
If you write anything criticizing editing or proofreading, there will be a fault of some kind in what you have written.
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Ohhhh, if you want it to be possessive, it's just I-T-S, —Strong Bad, Homestar Runner
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Ego sum rex romanus et supra grammaticam. —Sigismund I, Holy Roman Emperor
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Correct English is the slang of prigs who write history and essays.
—George Eliot, Middlemarch
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This is the sort of bloody nonsense up with which I will not put.
—Attributed to Winston Churchill (rejecting the rule against ending a sentence with a preposition)
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Arguments over grammar and style are often as fierce as those over IBM versus Mac, and as fruitless as Coke versus Pepsi and boxers versus briefs.
—Jack Lynch
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Avery: What are you, some kind of grammar nazi? |
The English language is being treated nowadays exactly... as the inmates of concentration camps were dealt with by their Nazi jailers.
—John Simon, film and theater critic
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And I loved her even more than Marlon Brando loved soufflé —"Weird Al" Yankovic, "Close but No Cigar"
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Homer: Linguo...dead?! —The Simpsons, episode "Trilogy of Error"
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"Whoever killed her...also murdered the English language."
—Rick Castle, who later goes on to correct who/whom and the improper use of the word ironic.
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Agent Bork: Chief, you know that guy whose camper they were whacking off in? —Beavis and Butthead Do America
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"Y-O-U-R. Y-O-U-Apostrophe-R-E. They're as different as night and day. Don't you think that night and day are different? What's wrong with you?"
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"We must invade the Bureau and bring them under our control! They WILL correct this typo!"
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Sorry, I think you mean "who", not "whom". People WHO correct grammar in casual conversation are obnoxious. Now run along. Men are talking.
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"Yes, they're the sort of dribbling unpardonable cretins that use "party" as a verb and, when I'm in charge and have established by Reich, those people are going to be punished."
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"You ended a sentence with a preposition! Bastard!"
—Col. Jack O'Neill, Stargate SG 1
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There is a busybody on your staff who devotes a lot of time to chasing split infinitives... I call for the immediate dismissal of this pedant. It is of no consequence whether he decides to go quickly or to quickly go or quickly to go. The important thing is that he should go at once.
—George Bernard Shaw, letter to the Times of London
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