The rules for verbal grammar are a lot more lax. Spoken grammar is expected to be free-form and experimental. That’s how living languages grow. Don’t sweat the small stuff, and if the world won’t end because of something you’ve done, it’s ALL small stuff.
JRobinson Premium Member about 2 months ago
To misquote the man, “This is the sort of pedantic nonsense up with which I shall not put.”
Wendy Emlinger Premium Member about 2 months ago
The rules for verbal grammar are a lot more lax. Spoken grammar is expected to be free-form and experimental. That’s how living languages grow. Don’t sweat the small stuff, and if the world won’t end because of something you’ve done, it’s ALL small stuff.
David Rickard Premium Member about 2 months ago
Simon Wilder: Which door do I leave from?
Proffesor Pitkannan: At Harvard we don’t end our sentences with prepositions.
Simon Wilder: Okay. Which door do I leave from, [redacted]hole?
With Honors (1994)