BASIC GRAMMAR IS NON-NEGOTIABLE.

[rue_quercus]

WRONG

Comments

[farwing]

Um. *hands you grammatically correct chocolate and a hug* Bad grammar is a crime, man. But you are stronger than their bad grammar. So...don't let the grammar bastards get you down. How do you say that in Latin, I wonder?

[rue_quercus]

*snerk* Once upon a time, I could have told you how to say that in Latin, but now not so much.

[ignipes]

I love you. I've been contemplating making my bi-annual "Correct Dialogue Punctuation Is Your Friend, Really" post sometime soon, because all the wrongness going around is starting to make me twitch.

[rue_quercus]

You should still do so! Perhaps if it is repeated often enough, people will actually take notice. :D

[leighblack]

I read an ACTUAL BOOK recently that had been purportedly looked over by an EDITOR and there were several paragraphs that had two different speakers. One of my huge pet peeves in general, but it's worse when it's in a printed book.

[rue_quercus]

Ugh, that's awful! I hate it when actual, published books have easily avoidable grammar/spelling mistakes.

[athenejen]

I think bandom has broken me. I used to mostly just stop reading fic when the editor in the back of my head got triggered too much. But I'm so addicted to these stupid (lovely, ridiculous) boys that I've caught myself just skimming over it now. On multiple occasions. It's kind of terrible.

[rue_quercus]

Oh, I'll skim over a lot of grammar issues if I'm into the story enough. And god knows I'm not always on top of my grammar. :D Dialogue punctuation, though, is especially frustrating for me because I "hear" dialogue in my head. If there's no punctuation, then what I "hear" is a monotone, uninflected voice and I just can't keep reading.

[farwing]

Also: I happened to glance at the subject heading for a recent post on mcrficfinder:

it was a mpreg

an mpreg! It's pronounced "empreg", yes? Therefore...*kicks them in the head*

There I go, getting upset about mpreg-related grammar.

[rue_quercus]

Perhaps they pronounce it "mmmmmpreg"? Like mmmmmbop, only full of ass-babies.

[farwing]

Why did you do that?!?!?! Now I have, like, Hanson mmmmmpreg stuck in my head. You are evil! But also kind of horrifyingly awesome.

[rue_quercus]

ahahaha, sorry. Um, try thinking of a Cobra Starship song? I find that Gabe's earworm songs can overpower almost any other earworm song.