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 Posted: Wed Sep 27, 2006 4:23 pm
Today I was in a "literate RPG" Guild. It was great, besides the fact that I realized that it's not so lit as I would have liked... but one takes what one can get, ne?
Anyway, this girl had a grammar mistake in her sig. So I PMed her and told her she had a case of poor subject-antecedent agreement and that she might want to fix it. And she thanked me. And fixed it.
There is hope yet.
I am so deliciously happy.... Hooray!
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Posted: Wed Sep 27, 2006 7:40 pm
That's wonderful. It's nice when people can actually listen to good advice without getting all bent out of shape about it.
On another note, what the hell is subject-antecedent agreement?
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Posted: Wed Sep 27, 2006 8:18 pm
Awww, ten years ago, I could have explained it right off the top of my head. Now I have to go and look it up. My curisoity always gets the best of me. sweatdrop
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Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2006 9:46 am
Actually, I meant to tell her pronoun-antecedent agreement, but in my 3:00 AM delusion, I wrote the wrong thing. But she caught it and fixed it, which was the cool part.
An example of poor pronoun-antecedent agreement is something along the lines as "I'm just another imperfect person taking their time."
Person is a singular noun, therefore the word "their" should be replaced with a singlular pronoun, such as "his" or "her," or even "its." The word "their" is a plural pronoun reserved only for plural nouns.
It's a pretty easy concept with a pretty annoying name. They should just call it Pronoun-noun agreement, but English people are fussy. And that's why we love them. <3
I am tired and hungry and cold and getting ill. If there are typoes, that's why. I'll come back and edit for that later... 'cause I don't feel like re-reading my post... bleeuugh.... Ughh... so ill....
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Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2006 2:59 pm
That's so cool! <33
Yep, I remember pronoun-antecedent agreement.
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Posted: Sun Oct 01, 2006 2:13 pm
Hmm. Never heard of it, but sound's logical.
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Posted: Fri Dec 29, 2006 4:35 pm
I apologize for the following statement.
OMFG.
Once again, I apologize. But I feel that this properly expresses my amazement. Maybe I should have said, "This amazes me to no end. Maybe there truly is hope for today's youth."
Ha, I just said it. Oh well. Both statements work fine for me.
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