Timewaster's Guide Archive
General => Everything Else => Topic started by: The Lost One on August 23, 2008, 04:27:28 AM
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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26351328/?GT1=43001
The grammer police have now gone too far. I think the prosecutor should appeal the sentence so that they get life in prison or even death for trying to correct such an engraven error. Okay, the death penalty may be too much, but probation and a $3,035 fee seems a little light. For all of use who struggle with grammer, it's about time those self-righteous people who correct everyone's grammer got punished.
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*cough*g-r-a-m-m-a-r*cough*
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Vigilante!
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I think it's sad that nobody thought to check the spelling for a sign that was to be displayed for over 60 years in a national park. And that the architect, who I would assume was college-educated, would misspell a word like "immense."
The Lost Shark Fighter: If you think that you shouldn't be corrected for doing something wrong, why should "the grammar police" be punished for doing something that you think is wrong?
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First, Miyabi should be prosecuted (and entrapment defenses never work).
Second, I think it is sad that there are people who are so uptight about English's arbitrary grammar and spelling rules has that they would go and destroy a historic and significant sign at a national park. There is nothing intrinsically wrong with spelling "immense" as "emmense" or "grammar" as "grammer". But sometimes, correcting alleged grammar and spelling errors is wrong and should be punished. In this case, the "grammar police" broke the law to enforce their grammar preferences and therefore, they should be punished.
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There is nothing intrinsically wrong with spelling "immense" as "emmense" or "grammar" as "grammer".
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There is actually a group of people that are moving towards spelling everything phonetically instead of based off of the root. I think it sounds great, but it probably won't work.
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(and entrapment defenses never work).
Maybe not in a court of law, but fortunately people aren't sent to courts of law for correcting people's grammar--they're sent there for vandalism. And on the court of the street, entrapment defenses work beautifully.