So you’ve heard me nag, nag, nag about the issue of like/as, first and foremost here, and then here.
Turns out that Paul Yeager and Sherry Coven have fired at the same target, in their wonderful blog for language lovers.
I see that I’m in good company….
Posts Tagged as ‘Grammar’
August 18, 2008
More on Shakespeare’s “Like you like it”
August 8, 2008
Shakespeare’s “Like you like it”, part II
You may snicker at me, but I can’t help myself. eTrade just sent me one of those polished, glossy, over-produced marketing emails, informing me that:
you can diversify like never before with an E*TRADE Global Trading account.
Like never before? Do they speak English? Do they vet their junk mail? Is this supposed to be folksy (lest [...]
July 21, 2008
Shakespeare’s “Like You Like It” & my favorite grammar felony
Nothing deep today, just getting something off my chest and on the record (I heard that’s what blogs are for): It drives me nuts when people–dare I suggest that Americans are especially prone?–don’t know how (not) to use the words like and unlike.
Just to avoid the charge of snobbism, I’ll take an example from my [...]
