Sorry, I can't start school yet - I'm reading the very funny Eats, Shoots & Leaves (finally), and am busy laughing about being a stickler for grammar.
I'm not much of a stickler at all. Oh, I know my grammar rules, though you might not be able to tell from the grammar displayed on this blog. But only a few punctuation mistakes really get to me anymore. There was a time I would rant to anybody who would listen, "Look! The grocery store is selling tuna for point-fifty-nine-cents a can! Maybe they meant to write $.59, but who knows? They could be having an amazing sale. You know what I'm going to do? I'm going to walk in there with a penny, and take a can of tuna to the register, and say, 'I believe this will cover it!' And then I will ask for my change."
After a while I got tired of all the stares, so I shut it down. Mostly. Except for a lot of eye-rolling. But after this book is read, who knows? Maybe now, no grocery store will be safe from my camera.
The book is riddled with errors of its own, I'm sorry to say! Start here:
http://www.newyorker.com/critics/books/articles/040628crbo_books1?040628crbo_books1
Posted by: Karen | January 29, 2007 at 01:23 PM
Mind-blowing - the battle of the sticklers!
Posted by: pam | January 29, 2007 at 01:34 PM
That Menand piece from The New Yorker is wonderful. Thanks for that link.
Posted by: Dan | January 30, 2007 at 09:28 AM
LOVED Eats, Shoots and Leaves - In fact, it's currently my daily office calendar.
Posted by: bethiclaus | February 01, 2007 at 02:20 PM