Comments | celandineb: Brought to you by the letter Y

celandineb

Brought to you by the letter Y

Feb 19, 2007 17:40

Today's SPaG peeve, in two parts, one of which is a rerun.

( Grumping behind cut )

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a_d_medievalist February 20 2007, 00:01:06 UTC

might that be a comma splice I see in the third example? *ducks*

But oh, with you all the way. My own personal hate is "if he would have +past participle" rather than "if he had + past participle." Hates it, we does.

celandineb February 20 2007, 02:23:03 UTC

Yes, there's a comma splice there, but it's deliberate -- that's a piece of dialogue. *g* I knows the rules, I does, so I breaks them when I wants to.

I hate the misuse you cite, too. Even worse when it's misspelled "would of" -- AUGH.

a_d_medievalist February 20 2007, 22:49:13 UTC

*g* As my dearest undeserving LDW would tell you, I can't resist the urge to be a pedant -- and neither can he. He was telling me about something that came up in one of his classes today -- very vaguely tied to both Augustine (in 597) and Whitby -- and I asked, "well, why did that happen?? "Check my book, p. X" (the page number was a joke. I think. At least I knew which book -- there are only like a ton of them!

celandineb February 20 2007, 22:56:38 UTC

*snickers* I have no problem with pedantry. Though I'd be careful about saying that in class, because some of my students would doubtless think I meant pederasty... and yeah, they just might know the latter word and not the former.

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Word. verdenia February 21 2007, 12:20:31 UTC

Might: past,
May: present.

Got it. I never learned that in school. ;/
It is possible I use them that way instinctively, due to having read so many books in my life, but...

I love how it is BESTiality. Not something I've have thought I was overmuch interested in before animagery.... ;P

& yes, 'would of' is terrifying. There's another one like that, I think... *shudders* ;P

Re: Word. celandineb February 22 2007, 22:54:58 UTC

It's amazing what doesn't seem to get taught in school... at this point I no longer even remember what I was taught in English classes, what I learned from studying four different foreign languages at various times, and what I have simply picked up on my own from voracious reading and occasionally looking things up.

Of course it is BESTiality *g* ...although I confess I'm only comfortable with it when it is animagus-type situations, you know?