A Call To Arms: The Sword of Grammar
I present this vintage post to prove my worth as a GEW for Gesus...
Original Post
Monday, April 10, 2006
Why?Why the fuck would someone ruin a perfectly good powdered sugar donut by putting a nostril-load of jelly in the middle of it?
Comments (edited for clarity):
Big Orange said...
I like the adjective "nostril load". That's just delightful! did you borrow it or didja' make it up yo'self?
7:57 AM
Flannery Alden said...
I came up with the noun "nostril-load" all by myself (I'm sure my Mom will be so proud).
9:27 AM
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2:28 PM
Big Orange said...
also, is it "donuts" or "doughnuts"?? Also (putting on pedantic hat now), isn't "nostril-load" in the sentence "a nostril-load of jelly" an adjective describing "jelly"?? You can have a nostril load as a noun, but doesn't it function as an adj in this context?(keepin a death grip on them Pedantry Points)(had to delete last comment for a grammar error!! for shame, for shame!!)
2:30 PM
Flannery Alden said...
::deep breath::Prepare yourself for the sword of grammar!
If you look at the sentence, you will see the phrase that concerns us: "...putting a nostril-load of jelly..." The phrase itself is a noun, or rather, the object of the preposition "by". Nostril-load is the object of the gerund "putting". It is a noun. A nostril-load is a thing. "Of jelly" is an adjectival phrase modifying the noun nostril-load. So, actually "of jelly" is the adjective here, a postmodifier to the noun nostril-load. Actually, nostril is being used as an adjective in this case because it describes size of the load, but since I combined nostril with load, I created a noun or more specifically a compound. I'll take my pedant point now, please, to go.
3:36 PM
Flannery Alden said...
And donut is a variant of doughnut. Both spellings are acceptable.
3:40 PM
Big Orange said...
Hey! Watch where you point that thing! The SoG is SHARP!::sorts thru pedantry point box for some of the less shiny ones::here ya' go...
1:09 PM
Tonight! We sail, Ho's!
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posted by Jenny Jenny Flannery at
10:51 AM
6 Comments:
My grammar is terrible. I am unable to pull the Sword of Grammar from the stone.
Wednesday, December 20, 2006 1:47:00 PM
what was the point of all this?? granted, I'm tanked right now (typing on sheer muscle memory-- fingers know where the keys are even in the dark).
While you figger out why the hell you wrote this, I"m gonna have another beer.
Wednesday, December 20, 2006 7:20:00 PM
I have a number of grammatical pet peeves, but you seem to be some sort of grammar GODDESS. Do you think I can join anyway? I never use "less than" when I should use "fewer."
Wednesday, December 20, 2006 9:26:00 PM
You and B.O. are so cute.
Thursday, December 21, 2006 10:24:00 AM
Megan: Hmm...Grammar Goddess. I like it! You'll have to check in with Echo and his crowd to join, though they took me in with barely a blink. I'm sure you would be welcome.
Chris: Well, that's what we were shooting for.
Thursday, December 21, 2006 10:44:00 AM
Ooooh, I wanna join, I wanna join!! I use too many invented spellings to qualify, probably... But I AM extremely crabby about quotation marks and logic within sentences, ain't I??
Thursday, December 21, 2006 11:01:00 AM
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