tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5679351593858166308.post3351331560244101051..comments2023-09-12T09:20:18.698-04:00Comments on Goth Mom (Lite): Snarks ~ Pronouns Gone RogueMina Lobohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10173895884776280826noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5679351593858166308.post-27365451023895181982013-07-25T15:06:39.292-04:002013-07-25T15:06:39.292-04:00"...at least till the next episode..."
..."...at least till the next episode..."<br /><br />Girl, you are SO RIGHT!!! :-)<br />Mina Lobohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10173895884776280826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5679351593858166308.post-54291853930367019762013-07-23T19:09:35.672-04:002013-07-23T19:09:35.672-04:00Remind me not to fly with you -- I go the biggest ...Remind me not to fly with you -- I go the biggest case of air sickness ever!<br /><br />:) my Achilles heel is grammar and now I know I'll never conquer it!<br /><br />Glad your son is home! Hope that means less stress, at least till the next episode!Yolanda Renéehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09085436784133103221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5679351593858166308.post-3153742156771286912013-07-22T00:09:28.098-04:002013-07-22T00:09:28.098-04:00Hey, this pick up's the most action I've s...Hey, this pick up's the most action I've seen in *years*! ;-) Thanks so much for stopping by, and LOL! :-)Mina Lobohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10173895884776280826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5679351593858166308.post-39116712978615606202013-07-21T22:36:33.458-04:002013-07-21T22:36:33.458-04:00Hello MIna, I picked you up at Trish's blog (l...Hello MIna, I picked you up at Trish's blog (love the phrase). Love the grammar lesson too. Nobody really makes these mistakes, does he? (((ducks head and rushes for the door)))<br /><br />DeniseDenise Covey https://www.blogger.com/profile/07106490051555233439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5679351593858166308.post-45259619937625139902013-07-21T15:13:02.910-04:002013-07-21T15:13:02.910-04:00Another reader asked this question so, 'cause ...Another reader asked this question so, 'cause I'm lazy, I'll just copy/paste my answer, below. :-)<br /><br />My gut reaction was that a family is a singular unit. But then I did a bit of research and came to realize that it can be plural, *depending*. If the family is acting as a unit (the folks in it are doing the same thing), it's singular. If each family member's doing something different, then it's plural. Crazy, huh? Though I kinda get it...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.getitwriteonline.com/archive/061101CollectiveNouns.htm" rel="nofollow">The source of this info.</a>Mina Lobohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10173895884776280826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5679351593858166308.post-52246649308036337442013-07-21T14:47:35.303-04:002013-07-21T14:47:35.303-04:00The ones that always confuse me are where the noun...The ones that always confuse me are where the noun includes multiple people like 'band' or 'crowd'. Since there is only one crowd, or one band, but both of them involve more than one person, is the pronoun singular or plural?Kate Larkindalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06202347563426692610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5679351593858166308.post-28510208753610135252013-07-20T19:29:59.246-04:002013-07-20T19:29:59.246-04:00Thanks for stopping by, Oz!Thanks for stopping by, Oz!Mina Lobohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10173895884776280826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5679351593858166308.post-69002439287361437052013-07-20T19:29:33.805-04:002013-07-20T19:29:33.805-04:00Grammar anarchy????? GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA...Grammar anarchy????? GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!<br /><br />Mina Lobohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10173895884776280826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5679351593858166308.post-69220998625345669302013-07-20T19:28:51.905-04:002013-07-20T19:28:51.905-04:00Thanks, Valerie. The idea of traveling by submarin...Thanks, Valerie. The idea of traveling by submarine fills me with dread, and yet I wonder: are there likely to be any motherfuckin snakes on my motherfuckin submarine???Mina Lobohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10173895884776280826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5679351593858166308.post-77986218747956733932013-07-19T13:49:23.411-04:002013-07-19T13:49:23.411-04:00Dear Mina,
I shall bring delight to your good sel...Dear Mina,<br /><br />I shall bring delight to your good self by using a collective pronoun sentence. We all love you! Although, I'm telling you that grammar anarchy is the way forward! :)<br /><br />Also note that your son has returned safely. I know of such worry. As far as flying, may I suggest "Blog Air"? The blogger's favourite airline :)klahaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08613505424843475639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5679351593858166308.post-12191621605948232462013-07-16T22:38:40.948-04:002013-07-16T22:38:40.948-04:00I hate flying too. I'd much rather road trip ...I hate flying too. I'd much rather road trip it... Which, I guess, is impossible to do to Russia. Also, because submarines are way worse than planes! So much can go wrong!!<br /><br />I'm glad he made it back safely!<br /><br />Hugs!<br /><br />ValerieValeriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15463173488099670688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5679351593858166308.post-24745492893550752642013-07-15T17:06:38.501-04:002013-07-15T17:06:38.501-04:00He did, thank you. And LOL, you're right, of c...He did, thank you. And LOL, you're right, of course. I wonder if that's just an American thing or if it's crossed the pond...Mina Lobohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10173895884776280826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5679351593858166308.post-29289249333473189232013-07-15T17:05:33.192-04:002013-07-15T17:05:33.192-04:00That's a good saying!
To address your questio...That's a good saying!<br /><br />To address your question, my gut reaction was that a family is a singular unit. But then I did a bit of research and came to realize that it can be plural, *depending*. If the family is acting as a unit (the folks in it are doing the same thing), it's singular. If each family member's doing something different, then it's plural. Crazy, huh? Though I kinda get it...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.getitwriteonline.com/archive/061101CollectiveNouns.htm" rel="nofollow">The source of this info.</a>Mina Lobohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10173895884776280826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5679351593858166308.post-89008479525516489042013-07-15T16:54:25.098-04:002013-07-15T16:54:25.098-04:00While I'll rage against grammar debacles, I al...While I'll rage against grammar debacles, I always applaud 1) Word/phrase coinage and 2) Puns. :-)<br /><br />Yep, he's back, fine and dandy! <3Mina Lobohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10173895884776280826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5679351593858166308.post-51803557440458537442013-07-15T16:52:37.735-04:002013-07-15T16:52:37.735-04:00He did, thank God! And thank you for the good thou...He did, thank God! And thank you for the good thoughts!<br /><br />LOL, "fowl" breath. HAH!!!Mina Lobohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10173895884776280826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5679351593858166308.post-79066830538736138562013-07-15T11:02:35.076-04:002013-07-15T11:02:35.076-04:00I hope your son arrived safely and had a wonderful...I hope your son arrived safely and had a wonderful time!!! Love this post. One of my pet peeves involves qualifying the word "unique" with "very" and "the most." Unique means one-of-a-kind. You cannot have something that is "very one-of-a-kind" or "the most one-of-a-kind." Alas, this is a battle I'm destined to lose.Rockyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05433553777714637069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5679351593858166308.post-43315537159053360152013-07-15T10:44:00.081-04:002013-07-15T10:44:00.081-04:00Dobro pozhalovat'! (That's welcome back i...Dobro pozhalovat'! (That's welcome back in Russian.) I had to use Google Translate, cause my Russian is kind of rusty. The only thing I remember from my college days is "Bez vodki i khoroshikh druzey ya ne khochu zhit'", which means, "Without vodka and good friends, I don't want to live."<br /><br />On to more serious things. How do you stand on subject/verb agreement with words such as "family". Growing up, like most folks, I was taught:<br /><br />"The family is going to see a movie." (In this case, the family is treated as a single unit.)<br /><br />Then in college, all of a sudden, they pulled out this one:<br /><br />"The family are going to see a movie." (In this case, the family is treated as a collection of individuals.)LuAnn @ BackPorchervationshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01775630749079885915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5679351593858166308.post-91751014795566572502013-07-15T07:32:02.945-04:002013-07-15T07:32:02.945-04:00Well done! This was a pleasure to read. Of course,...Well done! This was a pleasure to read. Of course, I already knew all this. Your particular flair with words just suited the topic so well (one of many pet peeves of mine)! I'll be sure to come to you if I need to provide a good smackdown for any of my others.<br /><br />Hope the boy arrived home safe and sound and not too russiafied (it's a word, I'm sure).Sara Leighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18257302421725766079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5679351593858166308.post-69265373366316162592013-07-15T01:49:54.720-04:002013-07-15T01:49:54.720-04:00Hope your boy has arrived safe and sound by the ti...Hope your boy has arrived safe and sound by the time you read this! :)<br /><br />The incorrect use of the words "myself" and "literally" are my pet grammar peeves at the moment. Oh, and "should of" instead of "should've". <br /><br />I read some sample pages of a vampire novel on Amazon recently and the protagonist described the vamp as having "fowl" breath. Trying to figure out whether he meant to say "foul" breath or whether the vamp actually had chicken breath. ;)Little Gothic Horrorshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18315631250163742387noreply@blogger.com