Writing Rules
A self-referent and humorous way of illustrating the rule within the rule is William Safire's Rules; that is, instead of presenting writing rules or showing examples of violations, this is a list of bad grammar sentences about good grammar. It's a two-fer as well as a keeper! [Tectag: writing grammar]
posted by Georganna Hancock M.S. | 8:23 AM
4 Comments:
I am a huge Safire fan. During my foray into Librarian School, I actually thought I'd become a newspaper librarian to do exactly what he does w/ research on word entymology.
Thanks for stopping by my corner of the www.
Good one! I'm gonna print it out and keep it nearby.
Inspiration comes in the weirdest forms.
PaulaO
I have a feeling that'd even be funny sober.
To be a violation of the rule it expounds, one of those sentences should say:
Verbs has to agree with their subject.
And, of course, I disagree with some of these rules, as do many grammarians.
-Karen again
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