grammar | Stuckinthemilli.eu

There are some things that really irritate me. I mean, they really irritate me. They grind my gears. Poor use of grammar is one of these things. Which is why reading this article enraged me so.

England’s second-largest city has decided to drop apostrophes from all its street signs, saying they’re confusing and old-fashioned.

Oh dear, I hope this is all a big terrible joke. The aim of punctuation is to clarify the meaning a sentence has, not to confound that meaning. If people are failing to understand what’s being said then why not just make the message clearer and teach them the basics of grammar, instead of blaming the tools that help enrich language? Here, please let me help by directing you to this simple and easy to follow video from Video Jug (Which also hosts such classics as How to Insult Someone in British Sign Language, How to Time Travel, and How to Find a School of Witchcraft and Wizardry). Unfortunately I can’t embed it, because WordPress won’t let me. “But how can punctuation be useful?”, you may well cry. Well, apart from the examples shown in the video, here’s one way in which the use of capital letters can help clarify a situation:

Compare:

Tom helped his uncle Jack off a horse

with:

Tom helped his uncle jack off a horse

Does that help to demonstrate my point? On a final note, I found this wonderful bus slogan generator this evening, and have been playing with it with my friends. Enjoy.