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Case ([personal profile] case) wrote in [community profile] fandomsecrets2012-11-13 05:26 pm

[ SECRET POST #2142 ]


⌈ Secret Post #2142 ⌋

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Re: using "anymore" at the beginning of a sentence

(Anonymous) 2012-11-14 05:05 pm (UTC)(link)
some things are straight up just improper, hth

language may change and evolve but just because one or two people does something doesn't mean it's correct, which is where people are going with this. turns out it's a common thing, so whether or not it's "proper" already got answered. i don't think anybody was trying to ~correct other people, it was just a genuine question. why do people get so defensive over this shit

Re: using "anymore" at the beginning of a sentence

[personal profile] cbrachyrhynchos 2012-11-14 05:26 pm (UTC)(link)
some things are straight up just improper, hth

Yes, and some arguments are just plain wrong. Your argument here is an example.

language may change and evolve but just because one or two people does something doesn't mean it's correct, ...

Well, I provided three examples of sentences beginning with an adverbial clause from widely respected English language works published in 1924, 1934, and 1937. I just checked the Chicago manual, and while placement of the adverbial clause proximal to the modified word is recommended it's not required.

why do people get so defensive over this shit

Because some of us are paid to pay attention to these things, and don't like seeing bullshit passed as wisdom?

Re: using "anymore" at the beginning of a sentence

(Anonymous) 2012-11-14 11:10 pm (UTC)(link)
i never said adverbial clauses at the beginning of sentences were wrong. i use them all the time

but your argument sounded less like "sometimes those things are ok" and more like "everything you ever say, ever, is totally fine because no grammatical structure is ever wrong under any circumstances"

i think everyone else cares less about this than you do tho