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by OmniNerd Overlord markmcb recently sent a prototype poop-flinging cyborg monkey to punish LordDilly for his recent spate of unnecessary quotation mark heavy news post titles.
After much wailing and gnashing of teeth (not to mention disinfectant) a suitably penitent LordDilly has proclaimed, "Verily, the over-use of quotation marks in a news post title is a transgression not to be taken lightly."
The Dread Liege markmcb's only comment on the whole sorry affair: "I have crushed my enemies, seen them driven before me, and heard the lamentations of their women."
What common grammatical mistakes provoke rage and spittle and the unleashing of fury from the average OmniNerd?
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Sigh...for some reason, it annoys me when people say "irregardless". "Regardless" means exactly what people use "irregardless" to say. In fact, wouldn't "irregardless" be a double negative? Gaahh! Stupid misuse of a word that shouldn't exist...
Speaking of words that should not exist ...
Anyone who has ever served in the military has probably heard - "Let me orientate you to the ..."
"Let me orientate you to the ..."
Y'know, I always thought that was goofy PA National Guard thing. It's also right up there with "heighth. One thing I've recently been wondering: in the stone business, stone oft is sold by linear feet, but some say lineal... lineal is a word, but means "being in the direct line, as a descendant or ancestor, or in a direct line, as descent or succession" as opposed to linear which means "involving measurement in one dimension only; pertaining to length: linear measure." Are both usages correct in this context, or am I right to beat people with bamboo sticks when they say lineal feet?
What? Are all of you in the military or had Military experiences before?
Yeah, a good chunk of us. In fact, I think I'm the only enlisted of the O-Nerd military bunch.
Hmm. This is a new twist. No wonder you guys are so patriotic.
What? Are all of you in the military or had Military experiences before?
Yep - used to a communications officer. But I got out because I didn't want a lifetime of separation from my family. Check out these older photo essays if you're interested:
People saying "I could care less" when they mean "I could not care less." If you could care less, then you do care about it to some degree. If you could not care less, you have reached the bottom of the bottomless pit of apathy, and you are irritated at the amount of neuron energy already expended on the subject.
Other than that, I can't stand mispronunciations, such as "irregardless" (not a word), "supposubly," and "nucular." But considering that the president says them, they'll supposubly make it into the dictionary irregardless. Homeland Security takes on the OED...
-Silverback
P.S.: sorry, I couldn't resist the ellipses
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Misuse of ellipses by markmcb :: NR7 :: on 16 September 2006
It drives me crazy when people write........ sentences like...this one........... what the heck are all of those dots............?
The following is from a Wikipedia entry on the ellipsis, paraphrasing Robert Bringhurst's The Elements of Typographic Style:
" ... that normally an ellipsis should be spaced fore-and-aft to separate it from the text, but when it combines with other punctuation, the leading space disappears and the other punctuation follows. He provides the following examples:
i ... j k... l..., l l, ... l m...? n...!"
So don't let me catch you misusing it again ... seriously!
RE: Misuse of ellipses by Eye.Of.Sage :: NR6 :: on 16 September 2006
That was the most corniest news article since the Presidential Election debate. Well, the dots are used to show pause. To show the author is thinking about something while writing. Not exactly formal, but very popular.
RE: Misuse of ellipses by Brandon :: NR9 :: on 17 September 2006
i ... j k... l..., l l, ... l m...? n...!
So, why isn't there a space before the ellipses following the "k"? It's not in combination with other punctuation.