Saturday, April 19, 2014
Why do we do it?
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Here's a grammar rule I've never been sure of (other than ending a sentence with a preposition, which I just did). Does one use the word "why" after "reason"? There doesn't seem to be any need for it, and yet everyone uses it. For instance the visual above could just as easily read, "Forget all the reasons it won't work and believe the one reason it will." It even sounds better. Are we a nation that has been wasting millions of "whys" every year? I say starting now we all stop using "why" after "reason" and if we don't, I'd like to know the reason why.
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- The Cranky Copywriter
- I am a retired copywriter. For 40 years I wrote for major agencies and developed some campaigns you would know. Like most writers, I love to give my opinion, and since I am so familiar with advertising this is the area I chose to comment on. Actually I'm not that cranky. I am as fond of as many things as I detest. But since most people only hear what one doesn't like, I might as well go with cranky.For my other blog idleideasfactory I am putting out there things I have written and ideas for books, screenplays, stage plays, and even products that I will not have time in life to follow through on. If anyone can profit from them, be my guest.
If you are irritated at this, how about when TV reporters and anchors implore the viewers to "Take a listen" instead of just "listen to..." or "take a look at this...," forgetting we are watching TV, not radio?
ReplyDeleteMy main punctuation peeve is when I see people adding an apostrophe to words when they are referring to a plural of something, unintentionally confusing plural with possessive.
Couldn't agree more, Kevin. And the apostrophe sin is epidemic, My pet peeve is when anyone says, "If I would have known." instead of "If I had known." Yikes.
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