"Oh, Snap, You Just Got Strunked"
Apr. 15th, 2009 12:31 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bloodyrosemccoyGood to see I’m not the only one who thinks Strunk & White were full of shit: 50 Years of Stupid Grammar Advice
Being a linguist can be exhausting.
Also, as long as it’s their anniversary, I hereby remind you that I am trying to make “strunk” into a verb that means “to hypercorrect; to ‘correct’ something that does not need correcting.” I feel the irony if this works will be all too delicious. Happy anniversary, boys.
Being a linguist can be exhausting.
Also, as long as it’s their anniversary, I hereby remind you that I am trying to make “strunk” into a verb that means “to hypercorrect; to ‘correct’ something that does not need correcting.” I feel the irony if this works will be all too delicious. Happy anniversary, boys.
