Grammar Girl Web Discussion - February 9, 2012

This event is being recorded. A link to the recording will be provided to all registrants via email next week. questions? just ask! Get your questions ready!Grammar Girl Provides Tips andAnswers Questions About Better WritingScott Abel and Val Swisher interview Mignon FogartyWebinar ID: 544-864-410 Audio: (914) 339.0033 Access Code: 622-064-778Start time: 1:00pm ET / 11:00am MT / 10:00am PT / 6:00pm GMT

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Susan Cassidy asks, “Is it ever acceptable to take grammar shortcuts whenposting to social sites like Facebook? I know I do it, do you?”

Sarah Johnson of Erie, PA wants to know if IM and texting shortcuts drive younuts? They drive Sarah batty. “When you text, do you use them, she wonders?”

Eric Bryant asks: “Aret’n thees ruels irerelvnat -- if we get the message?”Arocdnicg to rsceearch at CmabrigdeUinervtisy, it deosn’t mttaer in waht oredr theltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihngis taht the frist and lsat ltteer are in the rghitpcale. The rset can be a toatl mses and you cansitll raed it wouthit pobelrm. Tihs is buseace thehuamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter byistlef, but the wrod as a wlohe.

Judith of AllRecipes.com writes, “Social media seems to encourage slipage ofestablished grammar and punctuation rules. What are some ‘it’s okay’ and‘don’t even think about it’ rules?”

Brad Weaver of Washington, DC asks, “Cursive or not? And, why or why not?”

Marie-Ève Béland asks, “As a non-native speaker, when should I use ‘toward’instead of ‘towards’? I cannot tell the diﬀerence, yet I believe there to be one.”

Nilofar Pardawala asks, “Besides blogs, when is it okay to write in ‘stream ofthought’ style, where sentences are not always grammatically correct?

Tim Steele of Santa Clara asks, “If it’s ‘right’ to everyone in Iowa, but ‘wrong’ toeveryone in California, how do we settle regional usage issues ... or do we?”

John Ray of Terre Haute, IN writes, “Language changes. Over time it morphs,adjusts, and bends to the whims of those who use and abuse it. What’s thebiggest abuse you’ve seen?”

Donna Maurillo of Scotts Valley, CA asks, “Is it correct to use ‘can’ rather than‘may’ when asking for permission (‘Can I help you?’)?”

Donna Maurillo of Scotts Valley, CA also asks, “When talking about duration, isan apostrophe necessary after ‘years’?”

Lynn Leith writes, “The world is a globe. It is round, not ﬂat. Thus, it’s correctto say ‘around the globe’, not ‘across the globe’. One can travel across acountry, but one cannot travel across the world. Do you agree or disagree?”

Judith at AllRecipes.com asks, “Can you recommend a reliable online source forup-to-the-minute grammar rules?”

David Harkins of Chase Card Services asks, “Where do you stand on mandatoryprison sentences for gross misuse of the apostrophe ‘s’ and the serial comma?”

Gaela Schlak of San Jose, CA writes, “My 6-year-old daughter Alicia aks, ‘Why isspelling correctly, rather than phonetically, important?’ Her teacher allowedit in ﬁrst grade, and it has become a real battle between my daughter and me”.

Jose Clarkson of Houston, TX asks: “Why does everyone make a fuss about ourlanguage changing. Isn’t what’s happening today to our language just part ofthe natural ebb and ﬂow of language?”

And now, for some questions from the chat room...

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Val Swisher, CEO and Founder, Content Rulesweb: www.contentrules.com twitter: @valswisher

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Mignon Fogarty, Founder, Managing Director, Quick and Dirty Tipsweb: www.quickanddirtytips.com twitter: @grammargirlThank you!

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