For crying out loud, I'm middle class. I went to a school most people would call posh. But if I came home and said to my wife that I wanted a beverage, or asked her to pass the condiments, she?d punch me.
When I travel, I don't need to be treated like Hyacinth Bucket. I want you to understand I speak like you do and that I'll understand perfectly if you say there'sa kettle in my room. You don't have to say there are ?tea and coffee making facilities?. --Jeremy Clarkson --The worst word in the language (TimesOnline)
I'm introducing my
Intro to Literary Study students to the joy of grammar today, so I thought I'd better get my grammatical freak on, so to speak.
Diction, grammar ain't no. ;-)
Your "grammatical -freak- on"?! Holy moly, I almost fell out of my chair laughing at that one... Wow. Have fun with that. Just don't bust a move. LOL :-)
I realize that this article is about word choice. I didn't actually say that it *was* about grammar, did I? ;)