Grammar Pedant's

[Ray McCarthy]

See what I did then?

I'm sure "Grammar Pedants" groaned.

This may be nonsense, but maybe interesting?

Are you a grammar pedant? This might be why | David Shariatmadari

Will an introvert make a better "proof reader"?

Would it be worth occasionally making a character in story a "grammar pedant" when you want them to be an introvert? Or vice versa in that in dialogue it's the Character's use of English that important, not the author's use (somehow have an extrovert make more grammatical mistakes?).

 

[Ursa major]

Luckily, what I see above is

Grammar Pedant's
Discussion in 'Grammar, Spelling, Punctuation, etc' started by Ray McCarthy, Today at 9:40 AM.

which is okay (although I'd prefer: the D in 'Discussion' to be in lower case; the 'etc' to have a full stop after it; the T in 'Today' to be in lower case...).

 

[Idoru]

My 16 years' experience as an editor say it should be:
Grammar pedants
Discussion in 'Grammar, spelling, punctuation, etc' started by Ray McCarthy, today at 9.40 am

 

[Ajid]

My grammer is atrocious on any first write; yet I seem very willing give an opinion on others. However I think, with a pen and paper, I take more care. I am an extrovert in conversation(It compensates for being a natural intorvert.) and never correct grammar in speech, or on-line for that matter. This is much like the article suggests. I must adr writing online is not something I pay much care to. You just arn't worth it.

Of course I don't mean that.

 

[Ray McCarthy]

My 16 years' experience as an editor say it should be

It's supposed to be ironic

 

[Dennis E. Taylor]

I remember reading a story (might be apocryphal) where a store owner put a sign in his window with a spelling mistake. People came in constantly to point it out, and often bought something while they were there.

Using people's superpowers against them...

 

[Dennis E. Taylor]

It's supposed to be ironic

Editors often have their senses of humour surgically removed as superfluous weight.

 

[Idoru]

It's supposed to be ironic

I was joking. I'm actually a lifeguard.

(I'm not a lifeguard. I'm an editor. But I was joking.)