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Subject:Grammar, Important? See Fowler... From:Yves Jeaurond <yves_jeaurond -at- CBC -dot- CA> Date:Thu, 21 May 1998 17:08:00 EDT
Julie, Lisa, grammar maVENS:
There are some hilarious--ROTFL--bits in Fowler's "Modern English Usage". Check
out:
elegant variation
popularized technicalities
polysyllabic humour
pedantic humour
sturdy indefensibles
sobriquet
fused participle (and so on)
With thanks to William F. Buckley's recent style guide (hey, and no politics):
"Buckley: The Right Word" (Random House, 1997), for turning me back on to
Fowler, after having given up years ago.
