Comments on: a fuctionalist turns Prescriptivist http://nonstandardtransmissions.com/blog/posts/16 language perspectives Tue, 17 Jan 2012 22:18:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Melissa Kalinowski http://nonstandardtransmissions.com/blog/posts/16/comment-page-1#comment-11727 Melissa Kalinowski Sun, 15 Jan 2012 16:19:25 +0000 http://nonstandardtransmissions.com/blog/posts/16#comment-11727 Fantastic article post.Really looking forward to read more. Cool. Fantastic article post.Really looking forward to read more. Cool.

]]> By: aw0L http://nonstandardtransmissions.com/blog/posts/16/comment-page-1#comment-380 aw0L Sun, 23 Nov 2008 01:21:44 +0000 http://nonstandardtransmissions.com/blog/posts/16#comment-380 OK OK you've wiped off the overtones of condescenscion and annoyance. And the whole thrust of this class was looking beyond the standardization of language. I can really dig that. But damn, seeing so many signs, flyers, memos, and other things where people *just don't get it* on, especially the apostrophe thing, your vs. you're, their vs. they're, etc, really does wear on me. OK OK you’ve wiped off the overtones of condescenscion and annoyance. And the whole thrust of this class was looking beyond the standardization of language. I can really dig that.

But damn, seeing so many signs, flyers, memos, and other things where people *just don’t get it* on, especially the apostrophe thing, your vs. you’re, their vs. they’re, etc, really does wear on me.

]]> By: aw0L http://nonstandardtransmissions.com/blog/posts/16/comment-page-1#comment-379 aw0L Sun, 23 Nov 2008 01:08:55 +0000 http://nonstandardtransmissions.com/blog/posts/16#comment-379 Hear hear! Glad to know that someone else cares about the ubiquitous abuse of apostrophes. I'm not the only one who it drives crazy. Hear hear! Glad to know that someone else cares about the ubiquitous abuse of apostrophes. I’m not the only one who it drives crazy.

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