Nigel wants me to proofread his book that he's been working on. I'm willing to do it, and to be ruthless for him, as I have never been able to bring myself to be in peer critique at school (long years of training to be nice to the other kids and not brag and not let on how much I knew that they did not because that way lay weird looks and nobody ( Read more... )

"I work in a guitar shop that caters to vintage and collectible guitars."

Wow, really? I have to say I don't know how to feel about that. On the one hand I never realized guitars were sentient and could shop for things, so that's pretty fucking cool; but on the other hand, if they are sentient, it's not okay that they're purchasing other guitars. ( Read more... )

I get seriously het up about the grammar on fandomsecrets. The #101 secret in yesterday's post has me tearing my hair out because of the phrase "come between our friendship".

COME BETWEEN YOUR FRIENDSHIP AND WHATIt is impossible to "come between" ONE THING ( Read more... )

"Spent their money the wisest" is a nonsensical construction. To modify a verb--"spent"--you need an adverb--"wisely". In this case you want "most wisely".

You're welcome.

The past tense of "cost" is "cost". "Costed" is not a word.

The past tense of "hit" is "hit". "Hitted" is not a word.

Tired of this shit. Stop doing it.

I think they are ruining the English language. No, seriously ( Read more... )

People who use line breaks as periods ( Read more... )