The one that's been bugging me lately is a spoken one, and it's amazingly common: Putting "me" before another person when beginning a sentence...such as "Me and Tom went fishing"....
On 8/2/06, Robert Munn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Ugh. Fundamental mistakes. I especially hate made-up words, except as > intentional verbal hooks. See the dialogue of old Buffy the Vampire Slayer > episodes for good examples. > > I may have related this story already, but I had a college professor who > used to tag papers by freshmen with comments like, "You write english like > it is a second language,", and leave references to the Strunk & White > style > guide. Too funny. > > I must say that I have never seen such abuse of language as on the West > Coast. I can only conclude that the public school system in California has > totally failed to educate an entire generation of people on the basics of > the english language. > > One other thing that really bugs me is verbosity. That was part of why I > left law school- I've never read such boring, long-winded sh!t in my life > as > in the intro. course on Property, although Contracts was a close second. > > > > On 7/28/06, Jerry wrote: > > > > 10 flagrant grammar mistakes that make you look stupid > > http://articles.techrepublic.com.com/5100-10881-6075621.html > > > > Yep. > > > > Jerry. > > > > > > -- > --------------- > Robert Munn > www.funkymojo.com > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:212374 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
