Warning!
Below is a list of grammatical un-pleasantries which, upon hearing, can send
even the most resilient Grammar Agent into a rabid editing streak. This list
should not be read by small children, people with heart problems, or the Super Dialect Intolerant. If your hand begins to itch for a red pen while
reading the list below, please separate yourself from this blog immediately and
contact a physician or your local poison control.
***I am
Agent 00Comma, and my pencil-stache approves this message.
To begin:
1) “I
don’t care to,” means you do not care for, or desire to do, whatever it is
I just suggested to you. It doesn’t
mean you don’t mind. You’re not saying you want to help me, you’re
telling me you don’t want to help
me. Jerk.
2) Yu’uns.
This is not a word. You is both multiple
and singular. I am not a yu’un, I am a “you.” What species is a yu’un?
A wild Yu'un with a pencil-stache appeared! Do you fight? Or run away?
3) Tortilla
is not pronounced TOR-TILL-A. It’s pronounced TORR-TI-YAH. Respect the
Spanish, bro.
4) Quesadilla
is not pronounced QWUES-EH-DILL-A. It’s CE-SE-DIY-A. Respect the Spanish,
bro.
5) “Totes,” are bags. Not adverbs.
Ever.
6) “Amaze-balls”
is a contraction between amazing and balls. Two words that should not be
contracted together for any reason. Except in playpens at Chuckie Cheeses.
Those are some amazing balls.
7) “Do you mind if I play with
you guys?”
“Yeah, sure.”
Never say yes to a “do you mind”
question because you are telling them yes,
you do mind.
And that’s mean, bro.
What are some of your grammar pet-peeves? Or just pets, if that's how you roll.
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