After my roller skating escapade, I walked down to the Bugaboo office in the Garment District. The editor asked me to come in and help finalize a special issue we are putting out in May on Central Park.
I ranted about people's poor grammatical skills before. I don't care if things are perfect or follow grammar rules to the T when it comes to blogging because these are things that people write for themselves and as shared journals of a sort. However, if you are going to write for a formal publication, please fucking follow some damn standards. For example, despite my previous blog post below (which falls into the blog exemption for grammar, anyway), sentences should not begin with the word "and." Maybe I can deal with it once in awhile, but certainly not as the last line of every fucking paragraph. Same goes for "but."
It is driving me crazy that I am sitting in a stuffy office on a stunning Sunday afternoon reading such drivel. Grrr... No more "ands" or "buts." (Ifs, however, are fine.
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Guilty as charged. I begin half my sentences with "and." The other half begin with "because".
ReplyDeleteI was a stickler for not beginning sentences with "and", but after blogging for a little I decided it was O.K. for blogging. What I get made fun of for all the time is being a stereotypical Midwesterner and ending my sentences with prepositions when I'm talking or writing informally (like blogging!.)
ReplyDeleteAnd I always start with and.
ReplyDeleteBecause I'm a blogger.
I too am guilty of the heinous act of beginning my sentences with "and" or "but" while engaged in the act of blogging. It is a bad habit I have picked up. I am also guilty of misusing "its" and "it's" because I am to lazy to double check. Oh, and I can't EVER spell the word "tounge" right the first time....
ReplyDeleteI also use the ... shamelessly.
Wow, I feel much better. *grins*
I am, of course, teasing you. I'm sorry you were trapped in an office on a beautiful spring day and I promise that when I submit writing I always proofread and never, ever begin my sentences in an inappropriate manner.
And your point is?
ReplyDelete(Sorry, shameless and/but sentence starter here. Years of advertising copywriting teaches bad grammatical habits.)