tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13909078.post6825850331204070743..comments2023-04-26T10:27:09.471-04:00Comments on ok, fine, I do like blogging: but but but but butUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13909078.post-50162261086833365372008-09-22T19:58:00.000-04:002008-09-22T19:58:00.000-04:00Ha! I'd always done which/that by ear - I didn't l...Ha! I'd always done which/that by ear - I didn't learn the rule until a copy editing seminar in grad school. I find it very useful to know.towwashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14114892350923262185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13909078.post-37494822879089680332008-09-22T19:55:00.000-04:002008-09-22T19:55:00.000-04:00I'll never forget a certain prof at OAM who used t...I'll never forget a certain prof at OAM who used to circle every "which" in student papers and then write "go on a 'which' hunt!" in his comments. Apparently "which" sucks, while "that" is the bees knees.<BR/><BR/>My own personal grammar pet peeve is people who think that "myself" is simply a classier version of "I" or "me." As in, "Diane and myself will be having a meeting later on today... ." I just want to scream at them, "you're using that wrong!"David Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11944221268636739942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13909078.post-16240390674677999382008-09-17T09:01:00.000-04:002008-09-17T09:01:00.000-04:00i'm guilty of all these things. i think it came f...i'm guilty of all these things. i think it came from a professor in college telling us to avoid starting sentences with "the" all the time. i may have taken it a little further than intended.erin*carlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01820942114526229852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13909078.post-2542865930827168882008-09-16T15:30:00.000-04:002008-09-16T15:30:00.000-04:00Ooh, you must tell me! Someone I know? (Actually, ...Ooh, you must tell me! Someone I know? (Actually, I think maybe you have told me this story and I've just forgotten who it is.)<BR/><BR/>It used to drive me crazy when people started sentences with "so" (in speaking) but now I do it, too. Oh well.towwashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14114892350923262185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13909078.post-19931962818146016352008-09-16T15:10:00.000-04:002008-09-16T15:10:00.000-04:00If you haven't heard it already, remind me to tell...If you haven't heard it already, remind me to tell you the story of a certain reporter who used her award acceptance speech to deliver a lecture on the impropriety of beginning spoken sentences with "so." Endearing!Coloradanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06790431062401217058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13909078.post-35112528097292318052008-09-16T13:48:00.000-04:002008-09-16T13:48:00.000-04:00I'm having a similar transition issue - my wor...I'm having a similar transition issue - my word is as....<BR/>As so many things are going on at the same time in the chapter I'm writing, it is a transition crutch.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for appropriately noting the grammatical acceptability of starting sentences with but & and. My students really cling to this rule. I wish they would cling to another rule that would actually rid them of their real style & grammar problems!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com