Tuesday, August 7, 2007

Grammar Peeve of the Day

It's a "moot" point, not a "mute" point. sighs

2 comments:

Midnight Bohemia said...

With the high rate of illiteracy, is the moot point moot? I too get frustrated about the lack of gramatical knowledge(Currently looking for the superlative of the word welcome in a world in which 75% of the populace could not define a superlative.) But I am more frustrated by the lack of desire to improve. Why do we need to speak better(actual quote)? When are we going to use a vocabulary anyway(another one)? Terrifying.

Emilly Orr said...

"Welcomer".

"Welcomest"?

*ducks*

Seriously, though, my big peeve is presidential--the fact that we have someone, with full access to the things that go bang, that pronounces it "new-cue-lar".

*shudders*