Grammar, Important? See Fowler...

Subject: Grammar, Important? See Fowler...
From: Yves Jeaurond <yves_jeaurond -at- CBC -dot- CA>
Date: Thu, 21 May 1998 17:08:00 EDT

Julie, Lisa, grammar maVENS:

There are some hilarious--ROTFL--bits in Fowler's "Modern English Usage". Check
out:
elegant variation
popularized technicalities
polysyllabic humour
pedantic humour
sturdy indefensibles
sobriquet
fused participle (and so on)

With thanks to William F. Buckley's recent style guide (hey, and no politics):
"Buckley: The Right Word" (Random House, 1997), for turning me back on to
Fowler, after having given up years ago.

Yves J
yves_jeaurond -at- cbc -dot- ca




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