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Saturday, May 07, 2011
Helping your uncle
Today's fine lesson
In the world
of hi-tech gadgetry, I've noticed that more and more people who send
text messages and emails have long forgotten the "art" of
capitalization.
Those of you who fall into this world, please take note of the
statement below. I cannot stress enough how grammar is very
important to it.
"Capitalization
is the difference between helping your Uncle Jack off his horse and
helping your uncle jack off his horse."
I have pretty much taken to carrying a roll of duct tape with me at all times these days, with which to make a quick extra turn around my head to keep it from exploding, for those annoying times when I thank some youngster and they reply "no problem, man."
Truss recommends that anyone putting an apostrophe in a possessive "its"-as in "the dog chewed it's bone"-should be struck by lightning and chopped to bits.
Reminds me. People being interviewed on TV news. At the end, the interviewer says "Thank you," and the talking head says "Thank you," too! Arrrrgh! The response is "You're welcome," not "Thank you," dangit! Drives me nuts.
i feeL sO dirtY.....
ReplyDeleteUsing 'bring' instead of 'take' is equally annoying.
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ReplyDelete"Gone missing" is a phrase that particularly galls me.
ReplyDeleteI have pretty much taken to carrying a roll of duct tape with me at all times these days, with which to make a quick extra turn around my head to keep it from exploding, for those annoying times when I thank some youngster and they reply "no problem, man."
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Truss recommends that anyone putting an apostrophe in a possessive "its"-as in "the dog chewed it's bone"-should be struck by lightning and chopped to bits.
ReplyDeleteDittos to Alear.
ReplyDeleteWhile we're at it, let's slap silly the people that misuse quotation marks, as was done in the original post.
ReplyDeleteAWM
Yeah, when writing the possessive of its, it's its.
ReplyDeleteSo they're! Whoops, so their! I mean, so there!
Bah! Damn, dirty homophones.
And, equally annoying is the term "disrepect" as a verb and "no problem" has, apparently, replaced "you're welcome."
ReplyDeleteI'm pretty sure that because of correct use of capitalization, Uncle Jack's horse will be really disappointed. - Skyhawker, Doug
ReplyDeleteYou don't actually do that by hand, do you?
ReplyDeleteI mean, they have devices for that sort of thing, right?
Reminds me. People being interviewed on TV news. At the end, the interviewer says "Thank you," and the talking head says "Thank you," too!
ReplyDeleteArrrrgh!
The response is "You're welcome," not "Thank you," dangit!
Drives me nuts.