Grammar gLiTcHeS in Popular Media2
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by Brad Reiss
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y
If you remember nothing else
Even if you are the best writer in the
world, it is always beneficial to have
someone else read your writing for
you (if permitted).
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Apostrophes in Legal Writing
Defendants, Defendants, Defendants
Plaintiffs, Plaintiffs, Plaintiffs
its, its
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less/fewer
Less uncountable nouns. Examples: There is less anarchy now than there once
was.
Eating less butter might be healthier. BUT
I wont accept a penny less than $1,000,000.
Fewer countable nouns. Examples: ten items or fewer
John found fewer grammar mistakes than Bill.
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Pin the hyphen on the phrase!
extra marital sex
little used car
superfluous hair remover pickled herring merchant
two hundred odd members of the
Conservative Party
Examples taken from Eats, Shoots & Leaves
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No one can
outrun theirdestiny.
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And Im proud to bean American, where atleast I know Im free.
God Bless the USA
Lee Greenwood
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And Im proud to bein Canada, where at
least I know Im free.God Bless Canada
Lee Greenwood
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There's a lot ofmen dead, so we
can sleep in peaceat night when welay down our
head.Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue
Toby Keith
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As time goesby, youwill get to know me a
little morebetter.Ill Never Break Your Heart
Backstreet Boys
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Commas
The big final rule for the comma is onethat you wont find in any books bygrammarians. It is quite easy to
remember, however. The rule is: dont usecommas like a stupid person.
Lynn Truss,Eats, Shoots & Leaves
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Literally
In a literal, exact, or actual sense; notfiguratively, allegorically, etc. OED
Incorrect: I am literally drowning inhomework!
Correct: That can of Pringles was literallytubular!
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One morning, Ishot an elephant
in my pajamas.How he got intomy pajamas, I
dont know.
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More modifier mayhem
Drunk Gets Nine Months in Violin Case
Local High School Dropouts Cut In Half
Grandmother of Eight Makes A Hole inOne
Children who laugh rarely are shy
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further/farther
farther measure of physical distance
The inn was only a few miles farther down theroad.
further measure of metaphoricaldistance
Any further insubordination will be met with
extreme remedies.
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lie/lay
Lay setting something down (requiresdirect object)
He lay his cards on the table.
Lie something you do (requires no directobject)
I want to lie down.
BUT: Yesterday, I lay down on the floor.
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Space: the final frontier.These are the voyages ofthe starshipEnterprise.Its five-year mission: to
explore strange newworlds, to seek out newlife and new civilizations,to boldly gowhere no
man has gone before.
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Split Infinitives
Full infinitive: to + bare infinitive. Forexample: to go, to do, to run.
Split infinitives interpose adverbs between
the to and the bare infinitive
To boldly go
To wantonly disregard
To periodically check
To gloriously present
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The FBIinvestigated the
song Louie Louie
due to claims that
its lyrics were
obscene. After two
years, they were
still not able to
determine the
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Public Service Announcement
Its anti-climactic, not anti-climatic.
Its for all intents and purposes, not for allintensive purposes.
Its couldnt care less, not could care less. Its toe the line, not tow the line.
Its whet your appetite, not wet your appetite.
Its
bated breath, not baited breath. Its regardless, not irregardless.
The words dataand mediaare plural.
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