Grammar mistakes

Paul Mackin pmackin at clark.net
Tue Sep 19 10:08:07 CDT 2000



On Tue, 19 Sep 2000, Tyrone Slothrop wrote:

> I been very sorry.
> --- David Simpson <dsimpson at condor.depaul.edu> wrote:
> > 
> > Dear Tyrone: "Grammar" is a noun. Your subject line
> > should be "grammatical
> > mistakes."
> > 
> > yours truly, the style police


Does anyone remember what Avril Incandenza's (the Moms) occupation was in
Infinite Jest. I think she was a professor of proscriptive grammar. Or was
it PREscriptive grammar? That was a wonderful book, full of wonderful
touches like that.

		P.




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