OMG, a typoh!
LRC wannabe political speech writer/consultant drip o' the moment (and here!) passes 3rd grade grammar, en route to failing 9th grade logic. his claim? you gotta read this unreal simp dreck from michael rozeff:The poor condition of our educational system is indicated by grammatical errors that cannot be forgiven.fucking anal retentive moron. first, in most cases when adults confuse the supposedly correct its/it's use, it's a harmless, understandable typo only a shit-stained mortsch would bitch about seriously. further, if one wants to argue first principles instead of arbitrary nonsense making no difference to intelligent observers, consider that "it's" used possessively makes no less sense than "its". he simply wants to give his peeve more credence than it deserves, by pretending truth is somehow affected. if looking so desperately for things to complain about on the dishonesty front, he should yank those abysmal political speech/analysis wanks (linked above).
With alarming and increasing frequency, I observe seemingly educated writers using it's when they should be using its and vice versa. I see this error everywhere. It's driving me bananas.
When I encounter this error, I question the remaining content of an article. I wonder if the writer knows what he's talking about.
This morning, it's this passage: "with it's hands tied, the Fed can no longer..." Should I believe anything this writer says about the Fed if he does not know basic grammar?
on a personal blog, nothing wrong with airing a peeve here and there. but at LRC it must be given inflated import. heavens to betsy, this failure of the century leads intrade psycho boy to "question the remaining content of an article." he wonders "if the writer knows what he's talking about." should he "believe anything this writer says about the Fed if he does not know basic grammar?"
great logic. is that like charlie parker didn't know shit about playing a sax, since he was named after the chicken?
DB rozeff then fills in the poor 2nd graders reading LRC:
It's is a contraction of "it is." Its is a possessive pronoun, showing ownership or possession.oh thank fucking christ we got that straight. can you laminate that so i can carry it around in my wallet? douche.
The Fed has its hands tied. It's easy to understand that its hands are tied and that it's wrong to say it has "it's hands tied."
but okay; i'll play, asshole. rozeff:
She's slipped from favorite to 24, or 3-1 odds aginst being nominated."aginst"? OMG. must i instruct the whole world? this is a traveshamockery! "aginst"? "aginst"? OMFG? what word is that? is that supposed to be a word? how will i ever know what to believe from this writer again? somebody get me the paddles. my heart's ashakin' like heebie jeebie jello.
OMG, from the same post:
McCain maintains a lead over Giuliani with Huckabee and Romney looking for a way to engineer a surge.how in fuck's name am i supposed to decipher that sentence without a comma after jizzles? did i already call the post a traveshamockery? somebody say "king's english" so we can shut this fucker down already. but wait! a classic in nitwitspeak:
But at this time, that market is making a strong prediction that McCain will win New Hampshire."at this time". as in "is". OMG, put a hold on a backup battery for doz paddles!
same post:
A prediction market is hard to beat, since it aggregates all information everywhere from anyone who cares to risk their cash.i guess when boy dipshit "invested in learning proper grammar", singular/plural agreement cost extra. and OMG! this totally kills whatever he was saying before the fatal slip! i'd go so far as to call these "grammatical errors that cannot be forgiven". yeah, go kill yourself, rozeff. he says, "The entry on its versus it's struck a chord. Many informative e-mails came in, nearly all sympathetic to saving the language."
sure. you're not the only disgusting anal prick who can't allow truth out in front of his peeves. bitching about its/it's to the point where you presume it toggles believability? that belongs on a forum for precocious 10th-grade girls. yeah. grammar. we got it. thanks, pinhead. now go write ron paul's acceptance speech as you dream of your guest spot on the mclaughlin group. you've much bigger things to worry about within, language killah.
Labels: douche patrol, government dumb
posted by saltypig @ 16:52
Ladies and germs, saving the Republic will have to wait. First, we must save the Language!
oh, i agree with him that language is crucial — perhaps the most crucial aspect of human interaction, in that language distortion leads to mass physical encroachment. however, psychotic manifestations such as his its/it's inflation should be treated as dung.
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