writing style Silly Grammar Rules

[Carlos Hazday]

I've decided to henceforth ignore the rule not to end sentences in a preposition. The person who thought that one up definitely had too much time on their hands. I don't care if it follows an old Latin mandate. My writing, my rules.

Anyone else has a grammar pet peeve? Maybe I'll learn about something else to ignore.

[Fae Briona]

2 hours ago, Carlos Hazday said:

I've decided to henceforth ignore the rule not to end sentences in a preposition. The person who thought that one up definitely had too much time on their hands. I don't care if it follows an old Latin mandate. My writing, my rules.

Anyone else has a grammar pet peeve? Maybe I'll learn about something else to ignore.

One of our instructors was talking about this the other day [I work in an English department] -- she emphasized that it is as Latin mandate, and English is not a Latin language.

She also talked about how "singular they" has been in common use for ages.  Chaucer even used in the "The Canterbury Tales"

[Carlos Hazday]

1 minute ago, Fae Briona said:

One of our instructors was talking about this the other day [I work in an English department] -- she emphasized that it is as Latin mandate, and English is not a Latin language.

She also talked about how "singular they" has been in common use for ages.  Chaucer even used in the "The Canterbury Tales"

I've always questioned authority and as I gain confidence as an author I've decided certain rules I'm not interested in following. My editors seem to give me leeway in certain areas and I'm not backing off. LOL

[Kitt]

2 minutes ago, Carlos Hazday said:

 My editors seem to give me leeway in certain areas and I'm not backing off. LOL

I am still going to argue about un-needed that's.

[Carlos Hazday]

7 minutes ago, Kitt said:

I am still going to argue about un-needed that's.

You trained me well on THAT issue. I don't leave many for you to destroy. 

[Timothy M.]

3 hours ago, Carlos Hazday said:

You trained me well on THAT issue. I don't leave many for you to destroy. 

Kitt trains all of us in this respect, and I now hunt those superfluous that's down in the stories I edit too.

[Thorn Wilde]

On 5/14/2019 at 7:10 PM, Fae Briona said:

One of our instructors was talking about this the other day [I work in an English department] -- she emphasized that it is as Latin mandate, and English is not a Latin language.

She also talked about how "singular they" has been in common use for ages.  Chaucer even used in the "The Canterbury Tales"

That's a good point about the singular they, a word that I, for obvious reasons, use more and more in my writing. It takes some getting used to when people use it as a personal pronoun, but arguing that it's grammatically incorrect doesn't hold water.

As for prepositions, I know an excellent joke about it, but if I wrote it out here I'd get a warning... I do have another decent grammar joke, though:

"Why do people hate copy editors when we are such nice people out with whom to hang?"

Edited May 27, 2019 by Thorn Wilde

[Talo Segura]

On 5/14/2019 at 4:52 PM, Carlos Hazday said:

I've decided to henceforth ignore the rule not to end sentences in a preposition.

If I knew what a preposition was I'd probably have an opinion, but being an uneducated pleb, I'll ignore it!

[Carlos Hazday]

On 5/29/2019 at 3:26 AM, Talo Segura said:

If I knew what a preposition was I'd probably have an opinion, but being an uneducated pleb, I'll ignore it!

Google it. If you're an author, you should be familiar with grammar rules. Even if you decide not to follow them.

Edited June 1, 2019 by Carlos Hazday