Comments on: No one can check their grammar on billboards http://linguisticmystic.com/2007/01/09/no-one-can-check-their-grammar-on-billboards/ Fri, 25 Jul 2008 08:17:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: lussigagas http://linguisticmystic.com/2007/01/09/no-one-can-check-their-grammar-on-billboards/#comment-199 lussigagas Sun, 25 Mar 2007 09:01:54 +0000 http://linguisticmystic.com/2007/01/09/no-one-can-check-their-grammar-on-billboards/#comment-199 300 is a great movie full of visual effects and graphics which made it different and much better. Acting was great, director did a wonderful job and chose great actors, full of action, and it is based on a true story. 300 is a great movie full of visual effects and graphics which made it different and much better.
Acting was great, director did a wonderful job and chose great actors, full of action, and it is based on a true story.

]]> By: Who may be on third, but Whom’s getting ejected from the game… : Notes from a Linguistic Mystic http://linguisticmystic.com/2007/01/09/no-one-can-check-their-grammar-on-billboards/#comment-140 Who may be on third, but Whom’s getting ejected from the game… : Notes from a Linguistic Mystic Fri, 26 Jan 2007 02:21:53 +0000 http://linguisticmystic.com/2007/01/09/no-one-can-check-their-grammar-on-billboards/#comment-140 [...] past, but also the future. I made a few predictions about language change in English a while back in this post, and one of those predictions has just come to life again for me. In that post, I said… [...] […] past, but also the future. I made a few predictions about language change in English a while back in this post, and one of those predictions has just come to life again for me. In that post, I said… […]

]]> By: The Seventh Seal has been opened, and soon, an army of “theirs” will be released to walk the Earth : Notes from a Linguistic Mystic http://linguisticmystic.com/2007/01/09/no-one-can-check-their-grammar-on-billboards/#comment-129 The Seventh Seal has been opened, and soon, an army of “theirs” will be released to walk the Earth : Notes from a Linguistic Mystic Wed, 17 Jan 2007 03:22:14 +0000 http://linguisticmystic.com/2007/01/09/no-one-can-check-their-grammar-on-billboards/#comment-129 [...] Not long ago, I discussed the increasing usage of “their” as a gender neutral English pronoun, as in “every student was on the edge of their seats during lecture.” I’d highly recommend you go back and read the original post if you haven’t, it really explains the issue more thoroughly. [...] […] Not long ago, I discussed the increasing usage of “their” as a gender neutral English pronoun, as in “every student was on the edge of their seats during lecture.” I’d highly recommend you go back and read the original post if you haven’t, it really explains the issue more thoroughly. […]

]]> By: So two professors walk into a bar… : Notes from a Linguistic Mystic http://linguisticmystic.com/2007/01/09/no-one-can-check-their-grammar-on-billboards/#comment-125 So two professors walk into a bar… : Notes from a Linguistic Mystic Tue, 16 Jan 2007 00:40:44 +0000 http://linguisticmystic.com/2007/01/09/no-one-can-check-their-grammar-on-billboards/#comment-125 [...] I’ve touched on the difference between descriptivism and prescriptivism a few times before (here, here and here), but I think it’s time for a formal discussion of the differences. [...] […] I’ve touched on the difference between descriptivism and prescriptivism a few times before (here, here and here), but I think it’s time for a formal discussion of the differences. […]

]]> By: Osman http://linguisticmystic.com/2007/01/09/no-one-can-check-their-grammar-on-billboards/#comment-113 Osman Wed, 10 Jan 2007 09:52:12 +0000 http://linguisticmystic.com/2007/01/09/no-one-can-check-their-grammar-on-billboards/#comment-113 very nice post. I was confused when i saw this sentence: The person below me visits their relatives each week. As a non-native speaker, i thought 'maybe, it is possible', but i was really surprised. How come to use 'their' for 'tpbm'? But i later i have started to use it myself. It is a very good post and agree with you. I heard this for the first time by the way, who says this? “a grammarian trying to stop language change is like a gardener trying to stop continental drift”. very nice post. I was confused when i saw this sentence: The person below me visits their relatives each week. As a non-native speaker, i thought ‘maybe, it is possible’, but i was really surprised. How come to use ‘their’ for ‘tpbm’? But i later i have started to use it myself. It is a very good post and agree with you.

I heard this for the first time by the way, who says this?
“a grammarian trying to stop language change is like a gardener trying to stop continental drift”.

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