Linguistic Obsession

"Want to see smoke come out of my ears, just show me a misplaced apostrophe or an improperly used transitive verb." I didn't write that, but I'll be nice and not edit the wonky use of commas by my generous host.

Sunday, October 22, 2006

I told you you'd need to know this stuff someday.

Using grammar rules alongside test tubes, biologists may have found a promising new way to fight nasty bacteria, including drug-resistant microbes and anthrax.

http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2006/10/18/bacteria_hea.html?category=health&guid=20061018161530

See? I told you you'd need to know those grammar rules. Grammar keeps you healthy and even the bacteria know how a sentence should be formed. I can't help but think, however, that an overwhelming number of grade school students could be classified as "nasty bacteria" themselves.


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