Friday, 28 March 2008
Cartoon time
Apologies for the lack of posts recently; we've all been terribly busy. In the absence of a well written and humorous post, I hope you will enjoy these grammar-based cartoons.
From savagechickens.com.
I think this is from xkcd but I'm willing to be proven wrong. I agree wholeheartedly with the premise. I mean I agree with the use of "they" as a third person, singular, gender free pronoun as opposed to the global bicuriosity. Although there's something about Russell Crowe in Gladiator that... never mind.
I found this on a recruitment site but I don't know the true origins.
I hope you all had a good Easter. Do please keep sending in your photos and queries; we'll try to get around to them in due course.
Labels: cartoon, prepositions, punctuation, semi-colon, they
posted by Gez at 7:23 pm
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Friday, 18 January 2008
Will buy unwanted apostrophes for cash
I think I will try to make Cartoon Friday a regular feature here at GrammarBlog.
This slice of Friday cheer was brought to you by MRP.
I often think there would be a quid or two to make buying up superfluous apostrophes and selling them to those in need. Apostrophe brokering would be my ideal career. More often than not, these thoughts are followed a few hours later by a stinking hangover.
Related post: That's a sweet ass-hyphen
Labels: cartoon, punctuation
posted by Gez at 1:05 pm
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Friday, 14 December 2007
That's a sweet ass-hyphen
Because it's Friday, here is a cartoon for your delight and delectation:
posted by Gez at 12:35 pm
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Saturday, 3 November 2007
Verbing weirds language
I've been meaning to write about this matter for sometime. Until I get round to it, I think I'll let Calvin and Hobbes give a brief overview.
Labels: calvin, cartoon, hobbes, top ten, verbing, wrong word
posted by Gez at 4:10 am
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Monday, 13 August 2007
It's not easy being a grammar wizard.
I've previously hinted at my dislike for the preposition rule by paraphrasing one of Winston Churchill's famous quotes (probably misattributed). Nonetheless the cartoon is a funny reminder that if you live by the grammar sword, you die by the grammar sword.Labels: cartoon, funny, grammar, prepositions
posted by Gez at 6:21 pm
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