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Patricia T. O'Conner (born February 19, 1949) [1] is the author of five books about the English language.A former staff editor at The New York Times Book Review, [2] she has appeared regularly as a language commentator for WNYC [3] and Iowa Public Radio. [4]
Perceived violations of correct English usage elicit visceral reactions in many people. For example, respondents to a 1986 BBC poll were asked to submit "the three points of grammatical usage they most disliked". Participants stated that their noted points "'made their blood boil', 'gave a pain to their ear', 'made them shudder', and 'appalled ...
In the Google search, I also found the question "Why do English people say sat instead of sitting?" giving an article in The Grammarphobia Blog as the only answer. According to the article, a co-editor of several Oxford dictionaries noticed several instances on the BBC of "sat" and "stood" used in this sense.
According to GrammarPhobia, this 7th-century problem was remedied by the symbol “uu,” which is quite literally a double-u. Next, in the 8th century, the “uu” symbol was replaced with the ...
An Iowa school is catching flak for having no “rizz.”. A teacher in a school district near the Nebraska border is being accused of banning the word short for charisma along with over two dozen ...
The Grammarphobia Blog suggests that "your guys" comes about by analyzing "you guys" as two words in apposition. I'm not 100% convinced this is the correct analysis, but it is plausible. Either way, the existence of the blog post serves as evidence that the phenomenon has been discussed by at least some people who write books about English grammar.
Many people, like Jess, also have at least one group chat they really hate. It's not just a nuisance but a place that makes their blood boil. It's like scrolling through posts from the most ...
One grammar blog I found says the Oxford English Dictionary includes an entry for "ept", with written examples dating back to the 1930s. (As the OED charges $295 for a subscription, I wasn't able to confirm this.)