An exploration of the uses and misuses of the English language, including amusing signage, mind-boggling linguistic contortions, grammatical debates, etymological musings, and other forays of interest to those of us obsessed with this strange and often absurd language.
I don't mean to give you a hard time, but the sugar manufacturer's strength is running the bake sale. It's nice that they're inviting us to share that sale with said strength.
Given a choice between an unintelligible reading and an ungrammatical reading, I will go for whichever makes less sense.
Hey- I was just looking, and I couldn't find anything wrong with the sugar blog...and then I realized that I assumed Share Our Strength is an organization or a charity. So I looked it up and it is! So Dominos is back in my good graces.
Alexis,
ReplyDeleteI don't mean to give you a hard time, but the sugar manufacturer's strength is running the bake sale. It's nice that they're inviting us to share that sale with said strength.
Given a choice between an unintelligible reading and an ungrammatical reading, I will go for whichever makes less sense.
Hey- I was just looking, and I couldn't find anything wrong with the sugar blog...and then I realized that I assumed Share Our Strength is an organization or a charity. So I looked it up and it is! So Dominos is back in my good graces.
ReplyDeleteI am exceptionally proud of my betrothed for leaving the first metacomment on this blog. We're hoist by our own petards.
ReplyDeleteOK, I stand corrected!
ReplyDelete(But it's still pretty misleading if you ask me...)