Comments on: Review http://doesthisblogmakemybuttlookbig.com/2004/02/18/review/ Does This Blog Make My Butt Look Big? Tue, 06 Jan 2009 03:40:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.1 by: The Navigator http://doesthisblogmakemybuttlookbig.com/2004/02/18/review/#comment-152 Thu, 19 Feb 2004 22:07:34 +0000 http://doesthisblogmakemybuttlookbig.com/2004/02/18/review/#comment-152 Thanks for reading, pamelaemberson. Not quite sure what you're referring to, though. I want to think you're complimenting (and quibbling with) Becky S and her grammar posts, but you mention a book called "EATS SHOOTS AND LEAVES," a subject I'd mentioned <a href="http://goodgrief.typepad.com/goodgrief/2004/01/fun_with_gramma.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>, though not in reference to any book. Was it perhaps written by the Utah Reader? No, actually, I see that "Eats, Shoots and Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation" is by Lynn Truss and will be <a href="http://www.powells.com/search/DTSearch/search?kw=Eats%2C+Shoots+and+Leaves" rel="nofollow">available</a> from Powell's Books in April. Thanks for sharing, pamelaemberson. I'm still uncertain what it has to do with totally legitimate and not-at-all made-up blog reviews from Mexican Hat, but it's interesting nonetheless. And we do not stand on ceremony, or on strict linear logic, here at Good Grief. Thanks for reading, pamelaemberson. Not quite sure what you’re referring to, though. I want to think you’re complimenting (and quibbling with) Becky S and her grammar posts, but you mention a book called “EATS SHOOTS AND LEAVES,” a subject I’d mentioned here, though not in reference to any book. Was it perhaps written by the Utah Reader?

No, actually, I see that “Eats, Shoots and Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation” is by Lynn Truss and will be available from Powell’s Books in April.

Thanks for sharing, pamelaemberson. I’m still uncertain what it has to do with totally legitimate and not-at-all made-up blog reviews from Mexican Hat, but it’s interesting nonetheless. And we do not stand on ceremony, or on strict linear logic, here at Good Grief.

]]> by: pamelaemberson http://doesthisblogmakemybuttlookbig.com/2004/02/18/review/#comment-151 Thu, 19 Feb 2004 13:59:27 +0000 http://doesthisblogmakemybuttlookbig.com/2004/02/18/review/#comment-151 SO FAR I HAVE ONLY LOOKED BRIEFLY AT THIS BOOK -- EATS SHOOTS AND LEAVES BUT I FOUND A GRAMMATICAL ERROR VERY EARLY ON. THE WRITER SAYS SOMETHING ABOUT 'FRIEND OF MY MOTHER'S' -- AND SAYS THAT IS CORRECT. SHE IS WRONG HERE. IT SHOULD BE 'FRIEND OF MY MOTHER' OR 'MY MOTHER'S FRIEND.' I FEEL SHE SHOULD HAVE CHECKED HER WORK MORE THOROUGHLY IF SHE IS GIVING US A GRAMMAR LESSON, ALTHOUGH I ADMIT IT IS OBVIOUSLY AM AMUSING AND OTHERWISE ENJOYABLE READ. HAVE YET TO FINISH IT. SO FAR I HAVE ONLY LOOKED BRIEFLY AT THIS BOOK — EATS SHOOTS AND LEAVES BUT I FOUND A GRAMMATICAL ERROR VERY EARLY ON.
THE WRITER SAYS SOMETHING ABOUT ‘FRIEND OF MY MOTHER’S’ — AND SAYS THAT IS CORRECT. SHE IS WRONG HERE. IT SHOULD BE ‘FRIEND OF MY MOTHER’ OR ‘MY MOTHER’S FRIEND.’
I FEEL SHE SHOULD HAVE CHECKED HER WORK MORE THOROUGHLY IF SHE IS GIVING US A GRAMMAR LESSON, ALTHOUGH I ADMIT IT IS OBVIOUSLY AM AMUSING AND OTHERWISE ENJOYABLE READ. HAVE YET TO FINISH IT.

]]> by: pamelaemberson http://doesthisblogmakemybuttlookbig.com/2004/02/18/review/#comment-150 Thu, 19 Feb 2004 13:59:23 +0000 http://doesthisblogmakemybuttlookbig.com/2004/02/18/review/#comment-150 SO FAR I HAVE ONLY LOOKED BRIEFLY AT THIS BOOK -- EATS SHOOTS AND LEAVES BUT I FOUND A GRAMMATICAL ERROR VERY EARLY ON. THE WRITER SAYS SOMETHING ABOUT 'FRIEND OF MY MOTHER'S' -- AND SAYS THAT IS CORRECT. SHE IS WRONG HERE. IT SHOULD BE 'FRIEND OF MY MOTHER' OR 'MY MOTHER'S FRIEND.' I FEEL SHE SHOULD HAVE CHECKED HER WORK MORE THOROUGHLY IF SHE IS GIVING US A GRAMMAR LESSON, ALTHOUGH I ADMIT IT IS OBVIOUSLY AM AMUSING AND OTHERWISE ENJOYABLE READ. HAVE YET TO FINISH IT. SO FAR I HAVE ONLY LOOKED BRIEFLY AT THIS BOOK — EATS SHOOTS AND LEAVES BUT I FOUND A GRAMMATICAL ERROR VERY EARLY ON.
THE WRITER SAYS SOMETHING ABOUT ‘FRIEND OF MY MOTHER’S’ — AND SAYS THAT IS CORRECT. SHE IS WRONG HERE. IT SHOULD BE ‘FRIEND OF MY MOTHER’ OR ‘MY MOTHER’S FRIEND.’
I FEEL SHE SHOULD HAVE CHECKED HER WORK MORE THOROUGHLY IF SHE IS GIVING US A GRAMMAR LESSON, ALTHOUGH I ADMIT IT IS OBVIOUSLY AM AMUSING AND OTHERWISE ENJOYABLE READ. HAVE YET TO FINISH IT.

]]> by: pamelaemberson http://doesthisblogmakemybuttlookbig.com/2004/02/18/review/#comment-149 Thu, 19 Feb 2004 13:58:04 +0000 http://doesthisblogmakemybuttlookbig.com/2004/02/18/review/#comment-149 I ONLY LOOKED BRIEFLY AT THIS BOOK -- EATS SHOOTS AND LEAVES BUT I FOUND A GRAMMATICAL ERROR VERY EARLY ON. THE WRITER SAYS SOMETHING ABOUT 'FRIEND OF MY MOTHER'S' -- AND SAYS THAT IS CORRECT. SHE IS WRONG HERE. IT SHOULD BE 'FRIEND OF MY MOTHER' OR 'MY MOTHER'S FRIEND.' I FEEL SHE SHOULD HAVE CHECKED HER WORK MORE THOROUGHLY IF SHE IS GIVING US A GRAMMAR LESSON, ALTHOUGH I ADMIT IT IS OBVIOUSLY AM AMUSING AND OTHERWISE ENJOYABLE READ. HAVE YET TO FINISH IT. I ONLY LOOKED BRIEFLY AT THIS BOOK — EATS SHOOTS AND LEAVES BUT I FOUND A GRAMMATICAL ERROR VERY EARLY ON.
THE WRITER SAYS SOMETHING ABOUT ‘FRIEND OF MY MOTHER’S’ — AND SAYS THAT IS CORRECT. SHE IS WRONG HERE. IT SHOULD BE ‘FRIEND OF MY MOTHER’ OR ‘MY MOTHER’S FRIEND.’
I FEEL SHE SHOULD HAVE CHECKED HER WORK MORE THOROUGHLY IF SHE IS GIVING US A GRAMMAR LESSON, ALTHOUGH I ADMIT IT IS OBVIOUSLY AM AMUSING AND OTHERWISE ENJOYABLE READ. HAVE YET TO FINISH IT.

]]> by: pamelaemberson http://doesthisblogmakemybuttlookbig.com/2004/02/18/review/#comment-148 Thu, 19 Feb 2004 13:58:00 +0000 http://doesthisblogmakemybuttlookbig.com/2004/02/18/review/#comment-148 I ONLY LOOKED BRIEFLY AT THIS BOOK -- EATS SHOOTS AND LEAVES BUT I FOUND A GRAMMATICAL ERROR VERY EARLY ON. THE WRITER SAYS SOMETHING ABOUT 'FRIEND OF MY MOTHER'S' -- AND SAYS THAT IS CORRECT. SHE IS WRONG HERE. IT SHOULD BE 'FRIEND OF MY MOTHER' OR 'MY MOTHER'S FRIEND.' I FEEL SHE SHOULD HAVE CHECKED HER WORK MORE THOROUGHLY IF SHE IS GIVING US A GRAMMAR LESSON, ALTHOUGH I ADMIT IT IS OBVIOUSLY AM AMUSING AND OTHERWISE ENJOYABLE READ. HAVE YET TO FINISH IT. I ONLY LOOKED BRIEFLY AT THIS BOOK — EATS SHOOTS AND LEAVES BUT I FOUND A GRAMMATICAL ERROR VERY EARLY ON.
THE WRITER SAYS SOMETHING ABOUT ‘FRIEND OF MY MOTHER’S’ — AND SAYS THAT IS CORRECT. SHE IS WRONG HERE. IT SHOULD BE ‘FRIEND OF MY MOTHER’ OR ‘MY MOTHER’S FRIEND.’
I FEEL SHE SHOULD HAVE CHECKED HER WORK MORE THOROUGHLY IF SHE IS GIVING US A GRAMMAR LESSON, ALTHOUGH I ADMIT IT IS OBVIOUSLY AM AMUSING AND OTHERWISE ENJOYABLE READ. HAVE YET TO FINISH IT.

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