The OFFICIAL Unofficial Achewood Message Board

Please login or register.

Login with username, password and session length
Advanced search  

News:

Do you love saying "Canadian bacon"?

Pages: 1 [2] 3 4   Go Down

Author Topic: 13 October 2006 - a review of my life by Anthony Lane  (Read 8442 times)

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

jaydub

  • VIP
  • Philippe is standing on it.
  • *
  • Tiny cans of Dr Pepper: 1493
  • Offline Offline
  • Gender: Male
  • Posts: 5056
  • Arrant pedantry
    • View Profile
Re: 13 October 2006 - a review of my life by Anthony Lane
« Reply #15 on: October 13, 2006, 05:31:00 pm »
Quote from: Mattgiraffe on October 13, 2006, 11:16:33 am
The idea is that the cat bought some shoes at a thrift store with a small side pocket and they happened to contain a review of his life by Anthony Lane, which he was not ready for

/grammar nazi on

...for which he was not ready.

/grammar nazi off

(Churchill be damned)  ;)
Logged
If you desire peace, work for justice.

theinevitable

  • Writer's Workshoppers
  • Dude since Knucklehead times
  • *
  • Tiny cans of Dr Pepper: 486
  • Offline Offline
  • Gender: Male
  • Posts: 12139
    • View Profile
    • tweet tweet fun fun
Re: 13 October 2006 - a review of my life by Anthony Lane
« Reply #16 on: October 13, 2006, 05:39:54 pm »
actually, that is correct english. don't impose rules of Latin grammar onto english. I just don't know what that's good for.

my latin teacher who is an Utter Grammar Nazi said this, so it has to be true.
Logged
Social pressures exist
And if you think about them all of the time
You're gonna find that your head's been kicked in
You're gonna do it all for the grind

jay-ell

  • Den Mother
  • VIP
  • Philippe is standing on it.
  • *
  • Tiny cans of Dr Pepper: 407
  • Offline Offline
  • Gender: Female
  • Posts: 7869
    • View Profile
Re: 13 October 2006 - a review of my life by Anthony Lane
« Reply #17 on: October 13, 2006, 05:59:49 pm »
Alas, it's true.  It's on of my major pet peeves, as well, but it seems the academic community has collectively decided that they no longer give a flyin' flip about ending a sentence with a preposition. 

I've been assured of this by both my "Historical Writing" professor at NC State and the AP Stylebook Guru in the Journalism department of UNC-CH, so it has to be true.
Logged
"I always hear 'punch me in the face' when you're speaking. But it's usually subtext." -- Martin Freeman as John Watson

CortJstr

  • Mod Squad
  • Philippe is standing on it
  • Tiny cans of Dr Pepper: 338
  • Offline Offline
  • Gender: Male
  • Posts: 9820
  • Which gives us AN EXCUSE TO DRINK!
    • View Profile
Re: 13 October 2006 - a review of my life by Anthony Lane
« Reply #18 on: October 13, 2006, 07:18:51 pm »
The copy editor at the Post said the same thing. And don't even get me (or him) started on the split infinitive myth.

What I want to know is, why are Americans who say/write "an historic" not immediately beaten?
Logged

wombat

  • English-Speaking Pizza
  • Mod Squad
  • Dude since Knucklehead times
  • *
  • Tiny cans of Dr Pepper: 644
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 12493
  • Yeah man, these are pugs, not some fuck*ng lolcat.
    • View Profile
Re: 13 October 2006 - a review of my life by Anthony Lane
« Reply #19 on: October 13, 2006, 07:25:34 pm »
Quote from: theinevitable on October 13, 2006, 05:39:54 pm
actually, that is correct english. don't impose rules of Latin grammar onto english. I just don't know what that's good for.

my latin teacher who is an Utter Grammar Nazi said this, so it has to be true.

Wow. Really? You have no idea how happy this makes me.
Logged
What is this, the fuckin' Algonquin Round Table or some shit?  - Nabu

If you're going to change your life then you have to change it every day, not just the days the world isn't taking a shit on you. -Doc

nuero

  • Chucklebot
  • Tiny cans of Dr Pepper: 4
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 105
    • View Profile
Re: 13 October 2006 - a review of my life by Anthony Lane
« Reply #20 on: October 13, 2006, 09:09:17 pm »
Quote from: Bobby Isosceles on October 13, 2006, 03:54:29 pm
The unpopular Brazilian attempts to use sarcasm to indicate his discontent.

Also, something about Onstad drinking alcohol
Logged

MattFish

  • Lie Bot
  • Tiny cans of Dr Pepper: 43
  • Offline Offline
  • Gender: Male
  • Posts: 371
  • A perch with a cramp / Half-pound ahi burger
    • View Profile
Re: 13 October 2006 - a review of my life by Anthony Lane
« Reply #21 on: October 13, 2006, 10:11:50 pm »
I totally don't hate all of you
Logged
I finally found a nice picture of a giraffe

Ben-San

  • -=Ray=-
  • Tiny cans of Dr Pepper: 164
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 1259
  • Two-Fisted Detective
    • View Profile
Re: 13 October 2006 - a review of my life by Anthony Lane
« Reply #22 on: October 13, 2006, 11:38:11 pm »
But imposing the rules of Latin grammar onto English is fun!

I enjoy contorting the crap out of a sentence just to avoid ending in a preposition.
Logged

robot_god

  • roast beef (the middle cat)
  • Tiny cans of Dr Pepper: 74
  • Offline Offline
  • Gender: Male
  • Posts: 1195
  • Oh my gosh, dude.
    • View Profile
    • ALP Myspace Site
Re: 13 October 2006 - a review of my life by Anthony Lane
« Reply #23 on: October 14, 2006, 12:04:25 am »
Quote from: Ben-San on October 13, 2006, 11:38:11 pm
contorting the crap out of

Useful phrase.
Logged
ACHIEVE

theinevitable

  • Writer's Workshoppers
  • Dude since Knucklehead times
  • *
  • Tiny cans of Dr Pepper: 486
  • Offline Offline
  • Gender: Male
  • Posts: 12139
    • View Profile
    • tweet tweet fun fun
Re: 13 October 2006 - a review of my life by Anthony Lane
« Reply #24 on: October 14, 2006, 06:30:53 am »
the weird part is, he's a complete grammar AND latin freak. But he gets all bent out of shape about the whole preposition thing.
Logged
Social pressures exist
And if you think about them all of the time
You're gonna find that your head's been kicked in
You're gonna do it all for the grind

Drastic Action

  • Chucklebot
  • Tiny cans of Dr Pepper: 29
  • Offline Offline
  • Gender: Male
  • Posts: 194
  • Zounds!
    • View Profile
    • Stuff
Re: 13 October 2006 - a review of my life by Anthony Lane
« Reply #25 on: October 14, 2006, 07:32:22 am »
I think there are times when ending with a preposition can just sound extremely vague and weak, and in such cases some rearrangement should be made.  But when you have to sound like a librarian and pull out three or four "whom"s, then you need to just led them dangle.
Logged
~

littlefallsmets

  • Writer's Workshoppers
  • Philippe is standing on it.
  • *
  • Tiny cans of Dr Pepper: 363
  • Offline Offline
  • Gender: Male
  • Posts: 6294
  • the perfect is the enemy of the good
    • View Profile
    • this is where I jot down random ideas
Re: 13 October 2006 - a review of my life by Anthony Lane
« Reply #26 on: October 14, 2006, 03:01:17 pm »
Quote from: Drastic Action
But when you have to sound like a librarian and pull out three or four "whom"s, then you need to just led them dangle.

Bingo. The beauty of the English language is in her adaptability. For all her potential formalities and overcomplications, if any one or all of them become needlessly overwrought to even her proper speakers, they can be murdered in their sleep over half a generation's time and the larger organism will thrive all the better.

A can for you, Drastic Action, even if your name does sound like an afternoon programming block on SpikeTV.
Logged
I do the Tweets @Cecconi140

MattFish

  • Lie Bot
  • Tiny cans of Dr Pepper: 43
  • Offline Offline
  • Gender: Male
  • Posts: 371
  • A perch with a cramp / Half-pound ahi burger
    • View Profile
Re: 13 October 2006 - a review of my life by Anthony Lane
« Reply #27 on: October 14, 2006, 10:56:43 pm »
Quote from: Drastic Action on October 14, 2006, 07:32:22 am
I think there are times when ending with a preposition can just sound extremely vague and weak, and in such cases some rearrangement should be made.  But when you have to sound like a librarian and pull out three or four "whom"s, then you need to just led them dangle.

Can for dangling whoms
Logged
I finally found a nice picture of a giraffe

robot_god

  • roast beef (the middle cat)
  • Tiny cans of Dr Pepper: 74
  • Offline Offline
  • Gender: Male
  • Posts: 1195
  • Oh my gosh, dude.
    • View Profile
    • ALP Myspace Site
Re: 13 October 2006 - a review of my life by Anthony Lane
« Reply #28 on: October 15, 2006, 01:01:36 am »
Whom, that is a word that everyone should just agree, 'fuck that.'  If you asked ten thousand high school kids, "what are the rules of who vs. whom," I'd bet not one of them would know.

Also, using "they" instead of "him or her."  Fuck that shit.
Logged
ACHIEVE

CortJstr

  • Mod Squad
  • Philippe is standing on it
  • Tiny cans of Dr Pepper: 338
  • Offline Offline
  • Gender: Male
  • Posts: 9820
  • Which gives us AN EXCUSE TO DRINK!
    • View Profile
Re: 13 October 2006 - a review of my life by Anthony Lane
« Reply #29 on: October 15, 2006, 01:15:29 am »
Quote from: *****_god on October 15, 2006, 01:01:36 am
Whom, that is a word that everyone should just agree, 'fuck that.'  If you asked ten thousand high school kids, "what are the rules of who vs. whom," I'd bet not one of them would know.

Also, using "they" instead of "him or her."  Fuck that shit.

When I was in HS my English teacher informed us that the then-newest MLA handbook listed whom as optional. Ditto for the serial comma.
Logged
Pages: 1 [2] 3 4   Go Up
« previous next »