Grammar Gestapo

[naruki_oni]

I have learned from much painful experience not to be a total ass when someone shows a genuine inability to type correctly. But the occasional typo or grammar/spelling mistake is still fair game, when discussed amiably. And flagrant and unrepentant offenders deserve whatever crap they catch from me or others.

That said, here is a place to note things that tick you off, or at least make you go "Hmm..."

This post was inspired by the repeated misuse by one poster of "whom" where "who" would have been correct. I say that as one whom [sic] has occasionally been guilty of such mis-usage, but the glaring errors are painful to ignore. ;-)

Comments

One would surely suppose

[ajollypyruvate]

that the folks who write reviews for publishers to print in their catalouges would make at least some small effort to correctly use the English language.

Not so! I came across this gem in a review of Audrey Hepburn, An Elegant Spirit: "In the era of Hollywood icons, no star shined brighter than Audrey Hepburn."