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As one grammar Nazi to another...

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Dear Bronte Follower:

I read with some amusement and agreement your diatribes on pronoun usage. I have a minor nit to pick -- what do all y'all do with "y'all" and "youse?"

On a more serious note: I personally hate 'verbing' and 'deverbing.'

Point: "the ladies wanted to bath together." Bath is a noun; the verb the author wanted was bathe, which is a verb.

Point: "he was underwater so long that he had to breath." Again, breath is a noun; the correct word is breathe, another verb.

My last Point: "I want to Christmas shop on Friday." or these days: "We're asking our children to mask wear." I've also heard: "Horse #2 photofinished #4." Are we that lazy that we can't say: 'I want to do Christmas shopping on Friday?'

Don't get me started on "he paid particular attention to her cuntal area."

 

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