The Newspaper..

Intrepreneur · 08-15-2009, 12:35 PM

Hey everyone, so today I was reading the newspaper ann noticed twice that sentences began with the word "and" and another time the word "but".

This makes me think that really it is becoming more accepted to start sentences with bad grammar?

Would this be true?

Intrepreneur · 08-15-2009, 01:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Onslaught

A tornado ripped through the St Francis community leaving nothing but
rubble. And 13 people were injured. But the people living there have
decided to rebuild.

There were tornadoes in the Warrior Forum, 2 web designers, 2 guru's, 1 noob and a formidable copywriter were killed. And there were many other injuries caused by flying rubble. All in all Allen the owner wasn't impressed with the happenings but he is still glad to have his forum in one piece and not demolished.

The sentences were much like that.. they had and's at the beginning. Surely it means somehting has changed if newspapers are doing it?

Aronya · 08-15-2009, 01:45 PM

Yes. The language is being destroyed before our very eyes, but it's not new. I've been noticing it for a long time. It's becoming common to read or hear terms like "less taxes", and words like "conversate".

Kids are growing up functionally illiterate, and nobody seems to notice. Maybe some day they'll call for help. (somebody will get that)

Alexa Smith · 08-15-2009, 04:01 PM

Very few people are more pedantic about bad grammar than I am, but even I don't mind sentences starting with "and". I do think it's true that the grammar in newspapers (not to mention that of TV newsreaders) is gradually deteriorating, but I'm not sure this is much of an example, to be honest.

It's all just something up with which I will not put.

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Aronya Advanced Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Escondido, CA. Becase San Marcos just wasn't hot enough. Posts: 510 Thanks: 35 Thanked 56 Times in 55 Posts	Re: The Newspaper.. Yes. The language is being destroyed before our very eyes, but it's not new. I've been noticing it for a long time. It's becoming common to read or hear terms like "less taxes", and words like "conversate". Kids are growing up functionally illiterate, and nobody seems to notice. Maybe some day they'll call for help. (somebody will get that)

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Alexa Smith Wordsmith (& Skepchick) War Room Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 13,645 Thanks: 7,505 Thanked 9,536 Times in 4,945 Posts	Re: The Newspaper.. Very few people are more pedantic about bad grammar than I am, but even I don't mind sentences starting with "and". I do think it's true that the grammar in newspapers (not to mention that of TV newsreaders) is gradually deteriorating, but I'm not sure this is much of an example, to be honest. It's all just something up with which I will not put.
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