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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