tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2286321024842109960.post4735400303731940972..comments2024-03-27T15:41:01.956-04:00Comments on rhymeswithplague<br>rhymeswithplague<br>rhymeswithplague<br>rhymeswithplague<br>rhymeswithplague: Editor Bob’s mailboxrhymeswithplaguehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10870439618129001633noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2286321024842109960.post-36679182369222334762010-10-26T15:13:23.189-04:002010-10-26T15:13:23.189-04:00Thank you, Rhymes. I stand corrected, although one...Thank you, Rhymes. I stand corrected, although one might switch the gender ("him or her" to "her or him") if the reference is made more than once.Snowbrushhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00436087215476479042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2286321024842109960.post-54087280978819092272010-09-17T09:36:50.999-04:002010-09-17T09:36:50.999-04:00Sorry for the lateness of this comment. I just ha...Sorry for the lateness of this comment. I just happened to be browsing through my posts and discovered I hadn't responded to Brian and Snow.<br /><br /><b>Brian</b>, to paraphrase something Sir Winston Churchill once said, that is the sort of comment up with which I will not put.<br /><br /><b>Snow<</b>, "If a person shoots a duck, they should give it a Christian funeral" is definitely wrong. Your sentence should have read, "If a person shoots a duck, they should give him or her a Christian funeral."rhymeswithplaguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10870439618129001633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2286321024842109960.post-32593724115456653812010-07-21T08:08:44.821-04:002010-07-21T08:08:44.821-04:00Well... I'm not at all sure that cleared thing...Well... I'm not at all sure that cleared things up for me ;-)Carolinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09288856854422999687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2286321024842109960.post-72657869386928232922010-07-20T17:43:25.326-04:002010-07-20T17:43:25.326-04:00Everyone who appears on Jeopardy! should have to t...Everyone who appears on Jeopardy! should have to take a good grammar refresher class from you.<br /><br />I sometimes read--and write sentences in which a person is trying to be gender sensitive at the expense of good grammar. For example:<br /><br />"If a person shoots a duck, they should give it a Christian funeral."Snowbrushhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00436087215476479042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2286321024842109960.post-56044698151044005702010-07-20T16:39:59.600-04:002010-07-20T16:39:59.600-04:00What about this gem, getting stuck on "that&q...What about this gem, getting stuck on "that", plagiarized from genius Stephen Fry (for N.Americans, "friend of Hugh Laurie"):<br />The teacher explained to the class that that that that that pupil had used wasn't really necessary.<br /><br />Or another one, the amazing feat of seven prepositions in a row...<br />Boy complains about bed-time reading matter:<br />Mum, what did you bring a book to read out of about Down Under up for?Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06613762050863476962noreply@blogger.com