Ha! I was a Grammar God! :)

Oh my! I'm a Grammar God(dess)!

Whew! Thought I was losing it for a while! By the way, that stuff I was saying about gold, just forget that.

Grammar God!!

Exactly how does one worship a Grammar Goddess? Could I induce someone to sacrifice books to me? I like books.

I, too, am a Grammar God(dess), albeit a benevolent one. I may cringe and/or laugh at grammatical errors, misspellings, misuse of punctuation, etc., but usually I will not say anything--not even in jest. I am also quite forgiving of obvious typos, of which I have been guilty as well.

If one were to open a thread concerning personal pet peeves in this regard, however, please be advised that my wrath and fury will pour out upon the land...

Don't feel too bad about being deemed a non-god. As I explained more fully in a few comments on Michele's blog, the quiz is a POS anyway.

POS? I'm not familiar with that term.

I'm only a master, but even that is managable. If I get in a grammar hole which I can't dig my way out of, I simply rephrase the whole sentence until I know it is correct.

You are a GRAMMAR GOD!


If your mission in life is not already to
preserve the English tongue, it should be.
Congratulations and thank you!


How grammatically sound are you?
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Grammar God here, too. Kneel before me, ye mortals! There seem to be a lot of us here. Maybe we should form a pantheon or something.

Maybe it's rigged ... I was a grammar god(dess) too. Was this a deliberate attempt on Quizilla's part to demean our QOAE? How else can we explain the plethora of divine grammarians while Rosemary is only a master?? There's something fishy going on here ...

I know I disagree with the first question. Speaking as a girl that knows her Old English, until just a few centuries ago it was perfectly acceptable to conjugate a verb either as a weak verb (add -ed to make the past tense) or a strong verb (change the vowel in the root to make the past tense) just depending on connotation, the mood you were in, the weather, etc. If you wanted you could do Eeny Meeny Miny Moe and select strong or weak at random.

But then, either in the 17th or 18th centuries (I forget which), some so-called "linguist" decided that every verb should be either strong or weak, and the two shouldn't be interchangeable. He made a list of verbs and sorta randomly divided them into strong or weak categories, pretty much completely at random. Thus he decided 'sneaked' was "proper", even though most people prefer 'snuck'.

And the controversy still rages today.

I'm a Grammar God! It didn't come naturally, though, so I am subject to lapsing into the old ways.

My mom was my earliest coach, both of grammar and pronunciation. I would ask, "What fer?" My mom would reply, "What fur? Cat fur." She never went to college, but her writing, spelling and grammar skills still put me to shame.

I'm happy with Master. I have horrible writing skills and grammar. English was my worst subject. I postively hated it. Still do. :-)

Wow, I'm a grammar god also.

"Me fail English? That unpossible!" - Ralph Wiggum

So many grammarian rules are such complete nonsense that I long ago began ignoring most of them.

One day the grammarians will have a long and thorough conversation with linguists and will throw out at least half the garbage they teach now. Until that day I'll continue to pay them no mind.

I break their rules all the time. Some quite intentionally, most because I simply don't care.

By the way, I am also merely a "master." Well la dee da. ;-)

I am a God as well....Muahahahaha. Bow down you mere masters ;).

Seems like this blog's readership is well educated, in terms of English anyways.

They must be giving out the Grammar God title today, because I got one too, though I do like the Monty Python god picture.

POS- Point of Sale??

Grammar God(dess) here, too. One of my dreariest habits is correcting everything I read with a virtual red pen. I find it impossible to read poorly written blogs and comments sections, and news articles and opinion pieces are so poorly written these days, it's just depressing.

Most of what I read here on Dean's World is well-written, which is a relief.

What good is it being a God when EVERYONE can be one too? This either reveals the true intelligence of the commenters on this most excellent site or... nah, no other choices here.

POS - Piece of... (You complete the phrase.)

So many Grammar Gods and Goddesses, so few Vernacular Virtuosos.

E Gads, another 'Grammar God' am I!

Good test, I notice that it picks up on a trend I see so much on the 'net; the confusion betwix than and then.

"I am a Grammar God," he proclaims, while Dean nurses his glass of sour grapes.

Heh.

Initially, I was rather surprised at the number of grammar gods - but, then again, I think that we've probably got collectively a couple centuries of posting experience between us and as we've probably all been nit picked from time to time over grammer by dunces who, lacking an argument, attack our grammer instead that we've scrapped off the collective bong-resin and remembered all that grammar-drivel from junior high.

Personally, I make up my own grammar - fully in accordance with Winston Churchill's insistence that there is some nonsense up which he would not put.

I'm with you Peg C. After being a secretary for many years, proofreading is a hard habit to break! I proofed an essay my neighbor's 6th grader wrote. They just learned about semicolins; she must have had 50 in three paragraphs. (I think that was the proper use! Another little known rule: if the number is ten or under spell it out, unless it starts a sentence.)

Another Goddess

Sheesh! That wasn't very clear was it. I meant to say if the number is bigger than ten, don't spell it out unless it starts a sentence. Did I misspell 'semicolin'?

(Blushing and backing away shamefully)

Mastery of the "proper" use of the english language is still, IMHO, overrated.

Now, mastering the communication process, that's another story.

Let's see how far the proper use of "their" will get you at the Greyhound Bus Terminal in Trenton, NJ, when someone is jacking you for crack money.

Grammar God, although I had a few moments that I wasn't sure on.

Some of the grammar rules are pointless, to be sure. Such as when to use which vs that. Some of them just make it flow better, though.

I am a Grammar God! Thanks for the fun quiz.

I try not to be a grammar snob, but I draw the line when errors make it difficult to understand what someone has written. I think learning how to diagram sentences was one of the most useful things I ever learned in english class. Unfortuantely I get the impression that diagramming was out of style even before I learned it back in the 70's and early 80's.

Grammar God

a)I notice Tim the Inspector Cluseau didn't tell us how he rated. Heh.

b)Tim, please leave your personal life with crack dealers at the bus stations of America out of our blogdom. :)

Tim,

Ah, but if you've mastered grammar you are that much less likely to be at the Greyhound bus terminal because you're enough of a success to take a plane....

Hot diggiddy, I'm a Grammar God too!

I am a "Student" of the English language. BTW, I was picking up your mom at the bus station because that's where her parole officer said she'd be.