Posted on by Mark Alexander

I Want To Print This…

…roll it up, and beat several well known bloggers over the head with it.

But then, I am a Grammar Nazi.

I can't tell you how many times I've argued with fellow bloggers (one of whom in particular—and no, not my Bubba) who say, "People know what I mean." Yeah, maybe so, but it makes you look uneducated, and therefore anything you've written not worthy of being taken seriously.

13 Replies to “I Want To Print This…”

  3. Scot, I'm a sign maker, and you just baffled me with your "of" and "for" question. I've done countless dedication plaques too. You're appreciative OF service, but thankful FOR service. . .at least I think so, or maybe I don't?

    And Alexander, I'm an apostrophe nazi, so I sympathize. But I'm guilty of typing phonetically sometimes, or too quickly. I can't believe how many times I've found an old blog post with "to" instead of "too." Or "should of" instead of "should've." I have no excuse, I know the difference!

  4. Oh, there are so many: Too, to and two. And, just to be Devil's Advocate, or something, why, when we want a paper copy of something we've read on the Internet, usually print it out, or print it off, instead of just print it?

  5. Where did you get this from? I want to print it, roll it up and shove it up my students' … not to mention posting it on BlackBoard… Essays are now coming, with the impending grammatical catastrophe that they bring.

  7. I'm an engraver and at least once a week I'm confronted with:
    Presented To
    Joe Blow
    In Appreciation OF or FOR 20 years Dedicated Service…

    Some customers insist I use OF, some insist I use FOR. I have tried to find the proper rules to apply to this situation and come up short every time. So Grammar Nazis, any suggestions? Please list your references if you have any. I'll have to show the customer.

  8. Thank you, I am far from perfect, but love to be corrected.
    Most common: I have seen the phrase …for him and I…used by Bush's wife, no surprise, the author William Styron and in tons of scripts, namely Downton Abbey, set in a period during which proper English was used.
    Separate them, for him – for me.

    YOUR Great! Kidding.

  9. These are marvelous. Dictionary.com sends me a 'lesson' of this sort every day.
    I think I knew most of them, and use them correctly. However, I continue to trip over loose and lose.

  10. I think I'm pretty good here. If I've ever messed up, it was just an oversight.

    I would like to add a #16 to this list: Irregardless is NOT a word. Pass it on!

  12. I try not to screw up my grammar and look silly. However, if it worried me to much I would never comment on my favorite blog. There, I commented.

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