tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143592478563275464.post614940846369521746..comments2008-09-07T06:07:05.929+01:00Geznoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143592478563275464.post-69047955447891466582008-09-07T06:07:00.000+01:002008-09-07T06:07:00.000+01:00Dear Sir,<BR/>I believe your "a la the captain" is redundant and suggest "a la captain" as a revision.<BR/><BR/>Cheersmooksiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10705404422266752295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143592478563275464.post-19655779710293170322008-08-16T21:20:00.000+01:002008-08-16T21:20:00.000+01:00I also hate the ubiquitious deliberate "cute" misspellings of words, e.g., kwick, kountry. Did you know that over here in the states we have a chain of convenience stores called "Kum 'n' Go"?Iron "GeekGirl" Mistyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17990186920123895227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143592478563275464.post-52106431360597925272008-06-19T22:10:00.000+01:002008-06-19T22:10:00.000+01:00I'd have said 'masterstroke'.Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16300587849784972095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143592478563275464.post-9045954290860429882008-06-19T13:45:00.000+01:002008-06-19T13:45:00.000+01:00Toots,<BR/><BR/>I love this:<BR/><BR/>"You asked, parenthetically:<BR/><EM>(should we begin to employ GrammarBlog as a surname when referring to a member of our fraternity?)</EM>"<BR/><BR/><BR/>I love that you have obviously spent time considering that construction.<BR/><BR/>I can imagine you pondering whether to keep the parentheses and use quotation marks or to drop one. <BR/><BR/>Employing italics to allow you to drop the quotation marks, thereby avoiding an awkward "( construction, was a master-stroke.GrammarBloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13507168775358065585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143592478563275464.post-86995253921343000382008-06-18T16:13:00.000+01:002008-06-18T16:13:00.000+01:00I'm actually sort of fond of the "R us" construction--it somehow makes me think of the 1920s or something. Don't ask me why.<BR/><BR/>I just hate having the argument w/ the novices over the stupid backwards R in ToysRUs. And the disparity between the logo design and the company name (which they consistently use as Toys "R" Us). <BR/><BR/>You asked, parenthetically: <BR/><I>(should we begin to employ GrammarBlog as a surname when referring to a member of our fraternity?)</I><BR/><BR/>We few, we happy few, we band of brothers!<BR/><BR/>I vote yes--it's a brotherhood/sisterhood, right?<BR/><BR/>Gez GrammarBlog has a nice ring to it.<BR/><BR/>In fact, I sort of like the idea of giving every blogger their own surname. (Of course, I'm in trouble, bcs I'll be TootsNYC TootsNYC.)TootsNYChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08250160403913606481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143592478563275464.post-60853692900048481332008-06-18T06:38:00.000+01:002008-06-18T06:38:00.000+01:00A wonderful blog you have. I have a little one of my own, mostly about apostrophe abuse. If you would be interested in exchanging links, here's mine: http://abusedapostrophes.blogspot.com/<BR/><BR/>Carry on the good fight!<BR/><BR/>The PunctuatorThe Punctuatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13017152542056998917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143592478563275464.post-57544245060646009582008-06-18T00:43:00.000+01:002008-06-18T00:43:00.000+01:00Wow, you really feel strongly about this. Bet my Lang. Arts teacher would, too. But that IS really messed up.<BR/><BR/>P.S. Sorry if my grammer sucks! >_<Emerikanoreply@blogger.com