Grammar Discussions

[Beano]

As one commemorator put it, "never get between and Oxford comma and no Oxford comma people when drink has been taken!"

 

[Beano]

Rule 6 is 19th C. Startrek resolved the issue.
Rule 3 is depatable debatable.

Rule 6 also has a comment from George Bernard Shaw "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". (On an editor at the London Times who did not like split infinitives).

There are lots of rules, missing from the table, I was taught in school; never end a sentence with a preposition. And don't start one with a conjunction.

 

[TheRealTMA]

Rule 6 also has a comment from George Bernard Shaw "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". (On an editor at the London Times who did not like split infinitives).

There are lots of rules, missing from the table, I was taught in school; never end a sentence with a preposition. And don't start one with a conjunction.

Muse. Churchill "Up with which I will not put!

Quote Origin This Is the Sort of Nonsense Up With Which I Will Not Put – Quote Investigator®

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[Beano]

Muse. Churchill "Up with which I will not put!

Quote Origin This Is the Sort of Nonsense Up With Which I Will Not Put – Quote Investigator®

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World famous quote!

 

[AuSammy]

Problematic sign

 

[AuSammy]

 

[AuSammy]

One should use caution with abbreviations

 

[AuSammy]

Dear people who type in all lowercase. We are the difference between helping your Uncle Jack off a horse and helping your uncle jack off a horse.
Sincerely,
Capital Letters.

 

[AuSammy]

Very expensive and when?

 

[Beano]

Very expensive and when?
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Only on a WENSEDAY (sic) so you are OK.

 

[DejaBrew]

Looks like Yahoo! Sports has created a totally new and interesting sport -:

 

[Groundfeeder]

Rule 6 also has a comment from George Bernard Shaw "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". (On an editor at the London Times who did not like split infinitives).

There are lots of rules, missing from the table, I was taught in school; never end a sentence with a preposition. And don't start one with a conjunction.

AND, don't start a sentence with "and".
(oopsy!)

 

[Beano]

AND, don't start a sentence with "and".
(oopsy!)

So, the old school rule! Never start a sentence with a conjunction! Yea right!

 

[Beano]

So, the old school rule! Never start a sentence with a conjunction! Yea right!

That's the school-rule which is old, rather than the rule from the old-school, or does it matter?