Comments on: Grammar sticklers may have OCD http://blog.oup.com/2012/08/grammar-sticklers-may-have-ocd/ Academic insights for the thinking world. Tue, 21 May 2013 22:08:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Paolo http://blog.oup.com/2012/08/grammar-sticklers-may-have-ocd/#comment-288393 Paolo Mon, 20 Aug 2012 10:50:24 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=26264#comment-288393 @Annie: We form the plural of regular nouns by adding -s or -es, not by adding 's. @Kim: We never put an adverb BETWEEN the verb and the object. So, "correct obsessively their grammar" is wrong—VERY wrong. @Annie: We form the plural of regular nouns by adding -s or -es, not by adding ‘s.

@Kim: We never put an adverb BETWEEN the verb and the object. So, “correct obsessively their grammar” is wrong—VERY wrong.

]]> By: Kim http://blog.oup.com/2012/08/grammar-sticklers-may-have-ocd/#comment-288003 Kim Sat, 18 Aug 2012 16:50:42 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=26264#comment-288003 It's "correct obsessively their grammar." The adverb modifies the verb. Oh, sure. You feel vindicated now, don't you. Well straighten that tie, young man. It’s “correct obsessively their grammar.” The adverb modifies the verb. Oh, sure. You feel vindicated now, don’t you. Well straighten that tie, young man.

]]> By: ist sprachnörgeln eine krankheit? « lexikographieblog http://blog.oup.com/2012/08/grammar-sticklers-may-have-ocd/#comment-287957 ist sprachnörgeln eine krankheit? « lexikographieblog Sat, 18 Aug 2012 14:31:54 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=26264#comment-287957 [...] Baron, Professor of English and Linguistics an der University of Illinois, hat jetzt im OUPblog (und schon früher in seinem eigenen Blog The Web of Language) unter Verweis auf eine Studie im [...] [...] Baron, Professor of English and Linguistics an der University of Illinois, hat jetzt im OUPblog (und schon früher in seinem eigenen Blog The Web of Language) unter Verweis auf eine Studie im [...]

]]> By: annie morgan http://blog.oup.com/2012/08/grammar-sticklers-may-have-ocd/#comment-287914 annie morgan Sat, 18 Aug 2012 13:16:48 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=26264#comment-287914 L. Malevich and H. D. Lo may be happy to know that almost all of my friends suffer from this problem. Most of us do not stop strangers in the street to correct an overheard grammatical error. Many of us, however, do enter shops and beg them to correct their sign's. L. Malevich and H. D. Lo may be happy to know that almost all of my friends suffer from this problem. Most of us do not stop strangers in the street to correct an overheard grammatical error. Many of us, however, do enter shops and beg them to correct their sign’s.

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