Sunday, July 13, 2008

The Middle Finger of Grammar

John over at Stuff Christians Like always refers to lower cased letters at the beginning of proper pronouns the middle finger of grammar. I like that. It makes me laugh. It also made me aware of how often I miss proper pronouns and wonder if people are secretly incredibly insulted. Oops. I better be more careful.

2 comments:

brooke said...

That's a hilarious metaphor... I don't remember that one, but it definitely resonates with me... I am the grammar police.

Scott Overpeck said...

So I have heard, so I have heard. He uses it on purpose, ex. satan as oppose to Satan thus giving satan the middle finger of grammar not unlike I just did. You like how I worked in the usage while at the same time providing an explanation and an example. Yes, that's right, I am that good.

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