Evil People

Posted on October 10, 2007 | 8 Comments

Since starting this blog, I have had tons of people try to trip me up. I do relate to this comic.
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8 responses to “Evil People”

  1. Rikker | October 11, 2007 at 2:13 pm | Reply

    That’s the ugly truth of Skitt’s Law, I’m afraid. 🙂

  2. Anonymous | October 11, 2007 at 4:37 pm | Reply

    You’re a littel late. This cartoon was already posted and written about on “Language Log.”

  3. Kate | October 11, 2007 at 4:48 pm | Reply

    Is it? I actually don’t read the Language Log — one of my friends sent this to me.

  4. Anonymous | October 12, 2007 at 10:01 am | Reply

    Sorry about the misspelling of “little.” I know it hurts you to see mistakes, but at the time I wrote the comment, I was trying to reflect a bit of what the cartoon says. I now have regrets.
    I recommend “Language Log” because the site has multiple linguists dicussing language, giving the reader options. I think you were written about only once.

  5. Kelly Anne | October 13, 2007 at 11:19 am | Reply

    I was saving this comic to send to you.

    Hehe.

  6. Anonymous | October 14, 2007 at 11:25 am | Reply

    Shouldn’t there be a hyphen between the words well and placed in your logo? They are together modifying the word comma. If you write that the comma was well placed, you don’t need the hyphen. Using the words as a compound adverb preceding the noun — a well-placed comma, a well-lit room, a time-tested formula, a grammar-fixing hottie — tends to require the hyphen.

  7. Brandi | October 18, 2007 at 9:14 pm | Reply

    Your blog is so great … to know that there are others who have the same perpsective on the need for proper grammar is fantastic.

  8. Escorpiuser | September 21, 2008 at 8:34 pm | Reply

    Maybe I’m wrong, since I’m not native English speaker, but…

    …this sentence:

    “…I have had tons of people try to trip me up.”

    Shouldn’t it be:

    “I have had tons of people TRYING to trip me up.” (capitals are only for stressing the point).

    …???

    I would appreciate your comments.

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