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fenders grammargloats contributors grammargroupies tweeple grammarguard deputies grammarguild friends grammar police a k a grammarcops grammar language and usage observations ramblings and questions by us and others feeds posts comments saving daylight october 30 2020 by grammarcops in the united states daylight saving time ends this weekend we want to note this interesting and timely grammar tip from webexhibits daylight saving time spelling and grammar the official spelling is daylight saving time not daylight savings time saving is used here as a verbal adjective a participle it modifies time and tells us more about its nature namely that it is characterized by the activity of saving daylight it is a saving daylight kind of time because of this it would be more accurate to refer to dst as daylight saving time similar examples would be a mind expanding book or a man eating tiger saving is used in the same way as saving a ball game rather than as a savings account nevertheless many people feel the word savings with an s is mellifluous off the tongue daylight savings time is also in common usage and can be found in dictionaries adding to the confusion is that the phrase daylight saving time is inaccurate since no daylight is actually saved daylight shifting time would be better and daylight time shifting more accurate but neither is politically desirable source webexhibits daylight saving time posted in general grammargab quotes grammargoofs gaff e s tips tagged confusion correct daylight daylight saving time daylight savings time dst grammar language learn mistake normal pet peeve question saving savings time usage words writing 2 comments friggatriskaidekaphobia october 13 2017 by grammarcops today is friday the 13th twenty million americans are feeling unlucky today people who suffer from friggatriskaidekaphobia it s a 100 year old word made up of a combination of the norse and greek root words for fear and friday and 13 folklorists say that the phobia itself is a combination of two separate superstition induced phobias 13 is unlucky in much of folklore and so is friday whenever the first day of a month is a sunday there s going to be a friday the 13th that month the number 13 has been unlucky for a long time numerologists point out that 12 is a complete number in judeo christian culture there are 12 months in a year 12 hours on a standard clock 12 apostles 12 tribes of israel 12 days of christmas 12 eggs in a dozen of course the 12 steps of grammarholics not so anonymous and so on there s something unsettling even repugnant about going just a bit beyond completeness that s how academic folklorists rationalize the superstition at least the vast majority of skyscrapers have no 13th floor the room number 13 is missing from many modern hotels and many airliners do not have a row 13 in their passenger seating as for friday it s unlucky in a handful of ancient cultures in christianity it s the day of jesus crucifixion there have been 12 films in the friday the 13th series the 13th came out on friday the 13th of july in 2012 there are always the traditional folk remedies to ward off bad luck today burning any socks with holes in them eating some gristle while standing on your head or climbing to a mountaintop just know that some years can have up to three of them enjoy references dad cbs news the skeptic s dictionary imdb posted in general grammargarnish wordplay vocabulary builders tagged 12 13 confusion culture definition dictionary english fear folklore friday friday the 13th friggatriskaidekaphobia fun grammar language news phobia question usage vocabulary words writing leave a comment more or less grammar september 22 2011 by grammarcops is it just us or has there been an increase in grammatical misuse in tag lines advertisements and tv commercials lately as many of you know we have been feuding with hanes for a few years over their lay flat collar ads to no avail just wait ll we get our grammar on you hot topic on the radio looks like we have a couple of new opponents to take on strivectin more science less wrinkles more science less eye lines ford more go less stops in addition a faithful follower writes ugh have you seen the mercedes commercial more technology less doors i m hoping it s really clever and i just don t understand it surely the grammar couldn t be that bad could it we encourage you to look back to our posts on the subject less vs fewer limit less less is not always more tbs terribly bad syntax very funny would these grammar goofs affect your buying decisions posted in general grammargoofs gaff e s grammargrave lost causes tips tagged advertisement commercial confusion english fewer fewer vs less ford goof grammar hanes language less less vs fewer mercedes mistake more or less pet peeve question strivectin tv usage words writing 9 comments yes we have no grammar september 17 2011 by grammarcops the other day we were reminded of the 1922 novelty song by frank silver and irving cohn from the broadway revue make it snappy yes we have no bananas in this case yes we have no grammar might be more appropriate for this kroger gas station here s the display we had to see while filling up the tank ouch posted in general grammargoofs gaff e s grammargripes pet peeves punctuationperils tagged apostrophe confusion display english goof grammar language mistake noun pet peeve punctuation usage words writing 4 comments a crypt for script july 10 2011 by grammarcops indiana is the home of grammarcops we are particularly interested in this the handwriting is on the wall filed under education innovation language philosophy psychology cliftonchadwick july 9 2011 the handwriting is on the wall learning cursive is going the way of the quill pen it s only the end of civilization as we know it by theodore dalrymple fifty years from now no one in indiana or at least no one born and raised in indiana will be able to write cursive on the other hand everyone there will be able to type and by then technology might have made the ability to sign your name redundant if it has not perhaps you will be able to hire an out of stater or immigrant to sign your will or marriage certificate for you state officials recently announced that indiana schools will no longer be required to teach children to write longhand so that students can focus on typing this is because writing by hand is so very well so very 4000 b c to a d 2010 we have now entered a new era a h after handwriting the schoolchildren of indiana and those of an increasing number of other states will therefore never know the joys of penmanship that i experienced as a child in those days we still had little porcelain inkwells in the tops of our desks the watery blue ink eventually evaporated to a deep blue gritty residue and we used scratchy dip pens with wooden handles whose nibs were forever bending and breaking our whole world was inky our desktops were soaked in ink it got into our skin under our nails and into our clothes we even began to smell of it for those of us who were even slightly academically inclined the callus that formed on the skin of the side of the middle finger as it rubbed against the wood of the pen was a matter of pride we measured our diligence by the thickness of the callus and longed for it to grow bigger i still remember my pride in my first full length handwritten composition an eight page account of crossing the gobi desert in a rolls royce accompanied by blots smudges and inky fingerprints to my chagrin and everlasting regret my teacher was not impressed by my formidable effort she said that i must keep to reality and not be so imaginative despite many hours first of tracing then of copying copperplate examples my handwriting never became other than serviceable at best i was left handed and this made things more difficult because whether i pushed or pulled the pen smudges followed my writing across the page luckily though we had emerged from the dark ages when left handers were forced to use their right hands little did we know it was the beginning of the pedagogic liberalism that has now brought us to the abandonment of writing altogether another character building joy that may be denied to indiana schoolchildren is the handwritten exam they will never know that peculiar slight ache in the forearm produced by fevered scribbling as thoughts rushed through your mind in answer to questions such as was louis xiv a good king my answer was a firm and uncompromising no and struggled to find written expression only to slow down once it became clear that there were not enough of those thoughts to fill the allotted time so then you deliberately made your handwriting deteriorate to make it appear that you could have written much more if only you had had the time but unfortunately you did not this kind of game continued into my early 20s were my teachers ever taken in by it i doubt it but even then i knew it was all really a rite of passage a slow induction into the adult world that i so longed to join since the need for such rites seems to be permanent in human societies no doubt new such rites will develop for those who focus on the keyboard but i do not know what they will be having reached the age when pessimism is almost hard wired into the brain i think they will not only be different but not as beneficial to the developing character indeed my first reaction to the news from indiana was visceral despair not only because the world i had known was now declared antediluvian dead and buried but because it presaged a further hollowing out of the human personality a further colonization of the human mind by the virtual at the expense of the real when i scrawled and blotted and smudged my way across the page i had the feeling that for good or evil what i had done was my own and unique and since everyone s writing was different despite the uniformity of the exercises our handwriting gave us a powerful and very early sense of our own individuality those who learn to write only on a screen will have more difficulty in distinguishing themselves from each other and since the need to do so will remain they will adopt more extreme ways of doing so less handwriting then more social pathology theodore dalrymple is the pen name of the physician anthony daniels he is a contributing editor of the manhattan institute s city journal just to jog your memory cursive adjective 1 of handwriting in flowing strokes with the letters joined together sources cliftonchadwick s blog dictionary com mom posted in general grammargab quotes tagged anthony daniels children cliftonchadwick s blog cursive definition education english grammar handwriting indiana language learn news quote school script the handwriting is on the wall theodore dalrymple usage words writing leave a comment palinized june 28 2011 by grammarcops today on today nbc tv host matt lauer asked congresswoman and gop candidate michele bachmann the following amy kremer who s a leader of the tea party movement said that you will be and this is her word not mine quote palinized in this campaign do you understand the verb and what would your definition of it be click on the photo to see the video segment all politics aside thank you mr lauer for furthering our cause especially in the verbalized category this might just start a new sub category verbalized properly verbalized with a proper noun stay tuned see our series on nouns gone bad nouns gone bad nouns gone bad sequeled nouns gone bad properly badverbs cousins to nouns gone bad verbalized spam honorary noun gone bad yummy noun gone bad posted in general grammargab quotes grammargag reel fun stuff grammargarnish wordplay tagged amy kremer candidate confusion congresswoman definition english fun gop grammar headline language matt lauer michele bachmann msnbc nbc news noun noun gone bad palinized politics question quote republican tea party today today show tv usage verb words writing leave a comment identity crisis averted june 26 2011 by grammarcops quite a while ago we blogged about a grammar error in a tv commercial for chef michael s dog food see our post identity crisis my name is chef michael and my dog bailey and me love to hang out in the kitchen should be i we are very pleased to report that this grammar goof has been corrected this is our slogan in action we find it you fix it thanks for listening chef michael s posted in general grammargab quotes grammargoofs gaff e s tagged advertisement chef michael s commercial correct dog food english grammar language mistake object pet peeve quote report tv usage words leave a comment syn tax june 17 2011 by grammarcops a faithful reader shared this with us we couldn t resist sharing it with you enjoy posted in general grammargag reel fun stuff grammargarnish wordplay tagged comic definition english fun grammar language syntax usage words writing leave a comment apostrophe amusement may 21 2011 by grammarcops candidates for the therapy of grammarholics not so anonymous virtual meetings are available regularly be sure to visit our friends over at apostrophe abuse apostrophe catastrophes apostrophism and of course apostrophe police posted in general grammargag reel fun stuff punctuationperils tagged grammarcops comic english fun grammar grammar police grammarian language punctuation usage words writing 1 comment another noun gone bad may 21 2011 by grammarcops oh my really what is our language coming to see our series on nouns gone bad nouns gone bad nouns gone bad sequeled nouns gone bad properly badverbs cousins to nouns gone bad verbalized spam honorary noun gone bad yummy noun gone bad posted in general grammargag reel fun stuff grammargarnish wordplay grammargripes pet peeves tagged confusion english goof grammar language noun pet peeve salads sizzler usage verb vocabulary words writing 2 comments older posts grammarg day august 2026 s m t w t f s 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 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