In article >, Frogleg
> writes:

>Julia Altshuler
> wrote:
>
>
>>Frogleg wrote:
>>
>>> You hit a nerve. I'm a part-time grammar cop, and "guy/guys" drives me
>>> up the wall.
>
>>I fancy myself a part-time grammar cop as well, and for reasons I can't
>>explain, I rather like the informal and gender neutral use of "guys."
>>In the examples you gave for news reporting, I agree that victim,
>>suspect and man would be better, but for informal everyday speech,
>>"guys" has an un-stodgy air that suits me. At work, I like being the
>>woman in charge. At lunch, I like being just one of the guys.
>
>Ah, but that's the point. Colloquial speech and writing is, by
>definition, casual and informal.

Yet another "Sentence Fragment & Comma-tose Moron".


>I can't speak for more than 30
>seconds without producing incomplete or run-on sentences. I certainly
>refer to "this guy I used to know" (or "that SOB at the hardware
>store"), but not for publication or presentation. Try as I do, I
>cannot completely eradicate "you know" from my speech, but I don't
>expect news reports to include those defects in a script in an effort
>to seem "friendly" or "understandable." One term that has made it
>into both print and broadcast reports here is "busted" or "busted out"
>for "broken," as in "several car windows were busted out."
>
>While I don't expect the Daily Fishwrap to be written with the style
>and vocabulary of 'Moby Dick', it *could* approach the level of a 9th
>grade example of correct grammar and use.

Every single one of your commas is incorrect. Frogleg, your writing is on par
with that of a high school drop out.


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