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One of my many grammar pet peeves
May. 15th, 2005 10:00 amWalking down 12th Ave., a sign: "Room" for rent.
I wonder about this so-called room: Perhaps it is tiny, a former closet, that they are trying to trick someone desperate into renting. Or perhaps it is missing a wall, thus necessitating a questioning of its room-ness. Or maybe it is a shed or tent in the backyard, meeting all the standards of a room (four walls, ceiling, floor) except one: it is not in a building.
Walking down Commercial Dr., signs outside the grocery store: "Fresh" lettuce, for example.
I question the actual state of this poor lettuce. Is it very old, but still resembles its fresher, younger self? Or is it young, and straight from the farm, but looks wilted? Perhaps it has been frozen, or dried and re-constituted, or otherwise treated so that it is neither fresh nor not fresh.
Lesson: Do not use quotes as emphasis.
I wonder about this so-called room: Perhaps it is tiny, a former closet, that they are trying to trick someone desperate into renting. Or perhaps it is missing a wall, thus necessitating a questioning of its room-ness. Or maybe it is a shed or tent in the backyard, meeting all the standards of a room (four walls, ceiling, floor) except one: it is not in a building.
Walking down Commercial Dr., signs outside the grocery store: "Fresh" lettuce, for example.
I question the actual state of this poor lettuce. Is it very old, but still resembles its fresher, younger self? Or is it young, and straight from the farm, but looks wilted? Perhaps it has been frozen, or dried and re-constituted, or otherwise treated so that it is neither fresh nor not fresh.
Lesson: Do not use quotes as emphasis.
