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Conference jokur::grammar

Title:Grammar Hotline
Moderator:JOKUR::BOICE
Created:Wed Jan 14 1987
Last Modified:Tue Jan 07 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:272
Total number of notes:3117

13.0. "Pet Peeves" by JAWS::MHARRIS (Mac) Mon Jan 19 1987 15:42

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13.1How unique?BCSE::RODERICKso many notes, so little timeMon Jan 19 1987 16:347
13.2If it's not easy, it must be trivial.PHUBAR::WELLSOh?Mon Jan 19 1987 17:114
13.3DSSDEV::EPPESDignity, always dignityMon Jan 19 1987 17:1810
13.4Is this a grammatical error???COMET::ROBERTSDwayne RobertsMon Jan 19 1987 17:306
13.5SportSpeakVAXINE::FITZPATRICKDave FitzPatrick, Hudson Media SupportMon Jan 19 1987 17:4014
13.6here's a few from my meeting notesNAVAJO::WRODGERSSIC SEMPER TYRANNUS!Mon Jan 19 1987 18:1219
13.7nothing between the quotes! WHY?!REGENT::MERRILLIf you've got it, font it.Mon Jan 19 1987 18:345
13.8Say What?DEREP::JONGSteve Jong/NaC PubsMon Jan 19 1987 18:503
13.9Arrrgh!! :^}BRIDGS::SANDYAndy's SandyTue Jan 20 1987 00:125
13.10Couple (of)DEREP::JONGSteve Jong/NaC PubsTue Jan 20 1987 13:174
13.11more two of those?NAVAJO::WRODGERSSIC SEMPER TYRANNUS!Tue Jan 20 1987 17:2412
13.12Another petFRSBEE::COHENBowling for TowelsTue Jan 20 1987 23:128
13.13Either/Each confusionECLAIR::GOODENOUGHJeff Goodenough, IPG Reading-UKWed Jan 21 1987 11:327
13.14Two of my least favoritesREGENT::EPSTEINBruce EpsteinWed Jan 21 1987 11:485
13.151 More +1FRSBEE::COHENBowling for TowelsWed Jan 21 1987 12:031
13.16Expensive words.APTECH::RSTONEWed Jan 21 1987 12:119
13.17CorrectionsINK::BUCKLEYWed Jan 21 1987 12:309
13.18Famous Noter?DEREP::JONGSteve Jong/NaC PubsWed Jan 21 1987 12:483
13.19commas and leading with conjunctionsNAVAJO::WRODGERSSIC SEMPER TYRANNUS!Wed Jan 21 1987 13:1916
13.20A tautology: verbosity does not eschew obfuscation.PHUBAR::WELLSOh?Wed Jan 21 1987 15:3121
13.21The crash of droppind aitchesGUMDRP::DOODYMWed Jan 21 1987 17:587
13.22Bring or take???CAADC::MURSEWICKWed Jan 21 1987 18:036
13.23supercede25800::CAMPBELL_1Thu Jan 22 1987 18:271
13.24MU::PORTERdave porterThu Jan 22 1987 21:588
13.25I second thatECLAIR::GOODENOUGHJeff Goodenough, IPG Reading-UKFri Jan 23 1987 11:3411
13.26Yes, I can write in "plain talk", too.REGENT::EPSTEINBruce EpsteinFri Jan 23 1987 11:428
13.27Not all blunders are aggravatingFDCV01::BEAIRSTOFri Jan 23 1987 11:598
13.28Why use it if people aren't familiar with it?APTECH::RSTONEFri Jan 23 1987 13:458
13.29EAGLE1::LEONARDFri Jan 23 1987 14:2310
13.30TOPDOC::PHILBROOKChico's DaddyFri Jan 23 1987 15:248
13.31Thirty-firstly...NONAME::SMITHTom SmithFri Jan 23 1987 15:4315
13.32Eschew Obfuscation ?IECG::GREENWOODTim - International EngineeringFri Jan 23 1987 16:3222
13.33SSDEVO::RICHARDMikeSun Jan 25 1987 12:5414
13.34Close, but no cigar...REGENT::EPSTEINBruce EpsteinMon Jan 26 1987 12:0610
13.35Aggravating -- Ah Yes!MOOSHI::PBRIGGSPete Briggs {HBO|MTV|ESPN} (ICO/B03 [269-2135])Mon Jan 26 1987 16:429
13.36Using the best (not necessarily simplest) wordVAXRT::CAMPBELLTue Jan 27 1987 15:265
13.37inferences .vs. implicationsFSTVAX::FOSTERFrank Foster -- Cincinnati KidTue Jan 27 1987 19:134
13.38Enclosed Please FindBARNUM::RAINSWed Jan 28 1987 14:371
13.39Why?FDCV13::PAINTERRemember where we parked.Fri Jan 30 1987 19:325
13.40PSW::WINALSKIPaul S. WinalskiSun Feb 01 1987 20:415
13.41OK For Verbose, Stilted WritersBARNUM::RAINSMon Feb 02 1987 11:013
13.42Two moreCHEV02::NESMITHSee Spot run. Run Spot, run.Mon Feb 02 1987 14:116
13.43"Request that this office be advised---"BARNUM::RAINSMon Feb 02 1987 16:202
13.44TOPDOC::PHILBROOKChico's DaddyMon Feb 02 1987 21:416
13.45 NY1MM::BOWERSDave BowersThu Feb 12 1987 15:044
13.463D::COULTERFirst I look at the purse.Mon Feb 16 1987 16:1210
13.47OOPS!NY1MM::BOWERSDave BowersWed Feb 18 1987 14:415
13.48So couldn't IPARSEC::DEHARPPORTEThu Feb 19 1987 14:2511
13.49Confusion of "literal" with "figurative"PARSEC::DEHARPPORTEThu Feb 19 1987 18:309
13.50Corellary to .48PARSEC::DEHARPPORTEThu Feb 19 1987 18:5612
13.51HBO::KELLIHEREd KelliherTue Mar 10 1987 13:0617
13.52BCSE::RODERICKTue Mar 10 1987 18:526
13.53SSTMV1::DERKSENVidi, vici, veni!Tue Mar 10 1987 23:2526
13.54Insure/EnsureBASHER::SUDDICKWhere there's a will, there's a relativeThu Mar 12 1987 15:0310
13.55What is Mobil Corporation?NACHO::PRESCOTTMon Mar 16 1987 18:269
13.56from the folks who brought you "couple-three"CHAPLN::ROSENTHALOut to break Murphy's Law!Thu Mar 19 1987 18:1719
13.57good ol' boy and y'allNAVAJO::WRODGERSSIC SEMPER TYRANNISFri Mar 20 1987 18:1817
13.58It make me real mad! ;^)CURIUS::LEEAin't NOTERhood Wunnerful!Tue Mar 24 1987 03:437
13.59Not really a peeve, but maybe a petCADSE::SMITHTom SmithThu May 07 1987 02:413
13.60the misinterpretations are endless....FSTTOO::FOSTERFrank Foster -- Cincinnati KidThu May 07 1987 19:334
13.61aw, c'mon guys!VIKING::TARBETMargaret MairhiMon May 11 1987 16:163
13.62Here are mineOPUS::PREISIGMon May 11 1987 18:4912
13.63:-)REGENT::EPSTEINBruce EpsteinWed May 13 1987 12:4612
13.64a recent oneNAVAJO::WRODGERSSIC SEMPER TYRANNISThu May 14 1987 18:019
13.65Peeve re .-1IPG::GOODENOUGHJeff Goodenough, IPG Reading-UKFri May 15 1987 11:332
13.66Logic, logical etc. confused with fact, factual.MUNICH::CLINCHWorld's an oyster? Pass the tabasco!Tue May 19 1987 11:2330
13.67Boy, that's a hot button.NAVAJO::WRODGERSSIC SEMPER TYRANNISThu Jun 11 1987 18:3423
13.68MUNICH::CLINCHInvented by a publisher in the `60sSun Jun 14 1987 15:5816
13.69BEING::POSTPISCHILAlways mount a scratch monkey.Mon Jun 15 1987 12:4118
13.70Yet some more, even...CHARON::MCGLINCHEYNolite id cogereWed Jun 24 1987 21:4311
13.71BEING::POSTPISCHILAlways mount a scratch monkey.Thu Jun 25 1987 13:107
13.72rarin' to go on vacation, myselfDEBIT::RANDALLI'm no ladyThu Jun 25 1987 14:3513
13.73It Don't Bother Me NoneCOMET::ROBERTSDwayne RobertsThu Jun 25 1987 15:277
13.74oops.CHARON::MCGLINCHEYNolite id cogereThu Jun 25 1987 16:586
13.75MUNICH::CLINCHLegalise Success!Mon Jul 06 1987 00:0121
13.76error? Come now.WEBSTR::RANDALLI'm no ladyMon Jul 06 1987 18:1511
13.77Form follows FunctionalityMAGIC::TAYLORMon Jul 27 1987 16:459
13.78BEING::POSTPISCHILAlways mount a scratch monkey.Tue Jul 28 1987 01:488
13.79KP7, and all that jazz.REGENT::EPSTEINBruce EpsteinTue Jul 28 1987 12:319
13.80re .78MAGIC::TAYLORWed Jul 29 1987 19:1911
13.81a story, for what it's worthWEBSTR::RANDALLone more day -- going to miss you allThu Jul 30 1987 12:2318
13.82is "American English" a contradiction in terms?GAOV07::GRAHAMWed Aug 12 1987 11:498
13.83I Could Care MoreDELNI::TRUSLOWFri Sep 04 1987 16:1120
13.84IronicAURA::GLIDEWELLFri Oct 30 1987 01:4413
13.85REGENT::POWERSFri Oct 30 1987 11:539
13.86Ferrousity... ASD::DIGRAZIASat Oct 31 1987 01:1914
13.87A few points to consider ...ATLAST::ANDERSONGive me a U, give me a T...Thu Jun 30 1988 23:5070
13.88A few Peeves.SMURF::DGGDave Grubbs, Minor DeityWed Jul 06 1988 18:0913
13.89ERIS::CALLASWaiter, there's a bug in my codeWed Jul 06 1988 19:4113
13.90computivity?EAGLE1::EGGERSTom, 293-5358, Soaring ever higherThu Jul 07 1988 20:473
13.91Computivity -- your guess is as good as mineSUPER::MATTHEWSTue Jul 12 1988 15:0022
13.92The Force of ComputivitySMURF::DGGDave Grubbs, Minor DeityTue Jul 12 1988 16:529
13.93you can have my share of the forceDOODAH::RANDALLBonnie Randall SchutzmanTue Jul 12 1988 17:335
13.94EAGLE1::EGGERSTom, 293-5358, Soaring ever higherTue Jul 12 1988 21:394
13.95RE: ComputivityATLAST::ANDERSONGive me a U, give me a T...Tue Jul 12 1988 21:5224
13.96remember Wesson-ality?REGENT::POWERSWed Jul 13 1988 13:3410
13.97A few of my pet peevesEDUHCI::WARRENMon Aug 29 1988 19:2831
13.98EAGLE1::EGGERSTom, 293-5358, VAX ArchitectureTue Aug 30 1988 04:062
13.99Am I missing something?GIGI::WARRENTue Aug 30 1988 15:482
13.100TLAEAGLE1::EGGERSTom, 293-5358, VAX ArchitectureTue Aug 30 1988 19:422
13.101contrived wordsUBOHUB::SWANNThu Sep 08 1988 14:318
13.102EAGLE1::EGGERSTom, 293-5358, VAX ArchitectureThu Sep 08 1988 18:433
13.103just a thought :)DOODAH::RANDALLBonnie Randall SchutzmanFri Sep 16 1988 12:424
13.104SHAPES::CLINCHSSimon @UCG, DTN 7781-4188Wed Sep 21 1988 12:0624
13.105Try, try and try againFORTY2::ABRAHAMSTue Oct 04 1988 10:2246
13.106oopsFORTY2::ABRAHAMSTue Oct 04 1988 10:302
13.107TANNAY::BETTELSWed Jan 18 1989 13:3118
13.108New England QuirksSEAVU::DKHANWed May 17 1989 17:0127
13.109Real GoneDEC25::ROBERTSReason, Purpose, Self-esteemThu May 18 1989 15:378
13.110I'll try and talk on pretty many outragesGEMVAX::VANAUKENWed Jun 07 1989 17:1144
13.111I'm convincedSSDEVO::GOLDSTEINWed Jun 07 1989 22:4620
13.112audience with - what next?MINNIE::SHONEKeith Shone @RKA 830-4074Wed Mar 11 1992 14:4214
13.113Audience with - is OK for us!PAOIS::HILLAnother migrant worker!Wed Mar 11 1992 15:0715
13.114REGENT::POWERSThu Mar 12 1992 17:516
13.115re -.1SHALOT::ANDERSONB. DeviledFri Mar 13 1992 12:031
13.116SSDEVO::EGGERSAnybody can fly with an engine.Sat Mar 14 1992 02:225
13.117methodologyRDGE44::ALEUC8Wed Mar 18 1992 14:0514
13.118Words down the drainSHALOT::SEALYFri Mar 27 1992 23:3112
13.119SEASID::SYNGEJames M Synge, PSS, Portland, ORFri Apr 17 1992 23:017
13.120TSFO - the new open door policy.RIPPLE::SCHWENKEN_FRNemasteMon Apr 20 1992 17:142
13.121Whether or not. . .ANGLIN::RECEPTIONMWed Jun 10 1992 18:5817
13.122SHALOT::ANDERSONI wanna be like MikeThu Jun 11 1992 12:416
13.123MYCRFT::PARODIJohn H. ParodiThu Jun 11 1992 17:2512
13.124DECWET::GETSINGEREric GetsingerFri Jun 12 1992 16:191
13.125MYCRFT::PARODIJohn H. ParodiMon Jun 15 1992 14:3617
13.126Speech Vs WritingRDGE44::ALEUC8Mon Jun 22 1992 12:387