tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811866763970314328.post9198417673834919393..comments2024-02-19T07:51:46.118-05:00Comments on Throw Grammar from the Train: Pavlovian peevingJanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03173219179480606941noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811866763970314328.post-24955176711675229812010-07-07T17:47:16.721-04:002010-07-07T17:47:16.721-04:00In the same (June 2008) comment thread where LH ma...In the same (June 2008) comment thread where LH makes that mischievous proposal, Mollymooly writes (presciently?):<br /><br />"I am beginning to think a self-appointed Academy of English would be a good idea. Its prescriptions, and the minutes of the internal debates that produced them, would become the subject of general ridicule and universal flouting."emptyhttp://voidplay.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811866763970314328.post-3519035610025100872010-07-07T15:01:45.790-04:002010-07-07T15:01:45.790-04:00I once heard someone argue nearly the opposite; th...I once heard someone argue nearly the opposite; they said that you can't raise prices, because raising involves physical movement. You can only <i>increase</i> prices. I wonder what the original reasoning against using <i>increased</i> here was.Jonathonhttp://www.arrantpedantry.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811866763970314328.post-21650237829847166322010-07-02T00:10:01.373-04:002010-07-02T00:10:01.373-04:00I heart the word peeve.I heart the word peeve.C Baileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07686080976624518524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811866763970314328.post-56869971236699420332010-06-30T20:16:11.740-04:002010-06-30T20:16:11.740-04:00I think you ought to try it! Next April Fool'...I think you ought to try it! Next April Fool's Day, perhaps. A nice little column taking some obscure construction or phrase to task for its irregularity, supported by spurious and selective evidence - then track how long before it enters the peevologists' battery of standard complaints.MelissaJanenoreply@blogger.com