[pianotech] OT: Grammar

[Terry Beckingham]

Since you brought it up...

Two of my pet peeves are:

People who say "I seen" when they should have said "I have seen" or "I saw"

Many people now say "Me and him" when they should have said "He and I".

Do schools no longer teach grammar??? I feel that the English language is 
deteriorating rapidly.

Terry Beckingham
(just nit picking)



At 09:35 AM 12/4/2012 -0600, you wrote:
>I've just been musing with a friend about grammar when I made a rather 
>humorous (to me, anyhow) discovery...
>
>How often do people call or email and say that their piano needs to be 
>tuned badly?  It's grammatically more accurate to say that it badly needs 
>to be tuned. I thought I could play the grammar cop and suggest that they 
>don't want me to tune it badly... much more likely they want me to tune it 
>well. But then there's the implication of tuning a well temperament, so 
>maybe they want me to tune it equal. Or equally well, which of course is a 
>contradiction... at least in our world. Sigh...
>
>Disclaimer: I'm aware that this post is not in 100% compliance with 
>grammar rules. Casual liberties have been taken.
>
>Paul Bruesch
>Stillwater, MN