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It's "Eats, Shoots & Leaves," not "Eats, Shoot & Leaves."

"There are grammatical errors even in his silence." -Stanislaw J. Lec, "Unkempt Thoughts"

Also, I can haz muh own grammuh.

Actually, that article was great fun. Speaking as a hiring manager in a lucrative field, I can assure you that grammar DOES matter: even in my industry (which has more to do with numeracy than literacy), hiring decisions often hinge on minute details.

[I was only disappointed at the end when I found that the author was not a Yalie, but rather a graduate student at the least of Yale's graduate schools... What a pity the author were not turning his attentions to more worthwhile pursuits, or at least pursuing his passions at a worthier institution.]

Re: Comment #3

1] If you consider Bill and Hillary Clinton 'Yalies' then all members of Yale's graduate schools like Gabriel Michael are Yalies as well.

2] Your second paragraph is grammatically and stylistically stilted. I'll let an out-of-touch pendant address that issues.

1) Neither Bill nor Hillary is a Yalie: Bill attended Georgetown; Hillary, Wellesley. Outside of the undergraduate college, I believe the term "Yalie" is bandied about only at SOM (i.e., it applies at the two institutions that value and foster group identity). I could be wrong; there may be others. Regardless, DIV is an embarrassment, neither divine nor particularly divinity-oriented (indeed, it should likely be renamed, at best, the School of Spirituality). But that, of course, is an opinion.

2) What bearing would a levitating necklace have on my stilted paragraph?

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Although I came over from You Don't Say, I don't agree with the characterization of your post as pointlessly snobby -- overall. For the most part, I find it reasonable and thoughtful. However, I do disagree with the idea that SPoGG is "elitist." Come, now -- their Web site shows that to become a member, all you have to do is join the mailing list. Not *terribly* elitist, that. Also according to the SPoGG Web site, its members strive for clarity in communication -- which you could call elitist, but you could also call practical.

I'm getting a little peevish about people's insistence on ignoring SPoGG's sense of humor. They're not *serious,* all. Or do people really believe that SPoGG seriously thinks "Bad English" -- not the band -- is a real-and-true proper noun?

Yeah English is the world popular language, and it is acceptable in every country and English without grammar English is like a raw material pf a product, I feel march 4 is very important day for every English speaker.

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Allen

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