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 [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘Shakespeare’
August 8, 2008
Shakespeare’s “Like you like it”, part II
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 [...]
