Grammar goofs.
Fri, 2001-11-23 15:36
#1
Grammar goofs.
Following on from Missus' euphemisms, how about grammar goofs (Eric, you can join in this one, if you like)?
I'll start the...er...ball rolling with this one.
"I have been diagnosed with Attention Defecate Disorder. This makes me very disorganized."
It's true, I swear!
Penumbra
How about this?
The soccer mum, having personally scrubbed and dried each of them, made certain her boys had the cleanest balls on the field.
Tom Saunders
A schoolboy howler:
"Elizabeth 1st couldn't get any peace with Mary Queen of Scots constantly hoovering in the background."
Andrea
"Ernest Hemingway was a really, really, good righter. He was so good that he won the pull it surprise for his book The Old Man and The Sea."
Fecky
I'd really love to join in this one, Andrea, but I can't see what you're getting at.
Andrea
Just funny grammatical mistakes, Fecky, is all.
Teachers harassing students will continue because the authorities don't care about the students body.
Like that one...(written by a college student).
robert
customers who find our waiting staff rude should see the manager
this site is worth a look
www.paul.merton.ox.ac.uk/language/
nothing to do with paul merton, as far as i can tell, but plenty about the mis-use of language
Linsi
tried, but couldn't get a link to that site Robert.....
robert
oh i think it could be cos i don't really know what i'm doing...try this
http://paul.merton.ox.ac.uk/language/
*shrugs*
martin_t
shouldn't you be reading like a crazy man robert
*enjoys putting the pressure on*