Grammar Nazi time. Today's lesson: The double 'is'.

[chaska]

"You know the thing I hate about this is, is that it sounds really stupid most, if not all of the time".

Sam and Janeane are really bad about the double 'is'.

Now, please, proceed to tear my grammar apart ... for I care more about eradicating the double is than my ego. The more controversy the more exposure to this cancer upon the lexicon.

[xultar]

1. One day can you do a thread on the use of 'myself'

:grr: the way people misuse the word myself makes me wanna rip my eyes out of the socket.

[ET Awful]

4. Please allow myself to introduce . . . . myself

[trackfan]

8. Amen to that

I always hate when a boss at work - someone who fancies that he is smarter than his lowly employees - says something like, "Forward that report to Joe, Mary and myself". It's "ME" stupid! Only YOU can forward a message to yourself!!!

[GirlinContempt]

11. Actually

it's not me, it's I.

[trackfan]

16. No. In my example it was in the objective case.

...forward the report to me...not forward the report to I.

[Goblinmonger]

18. Nope

I is subjective and me is objective.

[xultar]

13. OH you are so right. Give myself and Betty a call!

No fucker it is Give Betty and me a call.

Is that so difficult or are people really that STOOPID?

[Blue-Jay]

2. That depends on what the definition of "is" is.

:P

[Stephanie]

3. The double is is the most irritating thing!

It seriously drives me nuts, and has for a long, long time.

[Stephanie]

5. "What it is, is is that..."

Sometimes they'll go for a triple.

[chaska]

14. You've isolated a new strain!

[sui generis]

6. another word for land bridge is, ismuth.

now the proper versus accepted use of commas in double subjunctive phrasing begins. and proper use of capitalization. and complete sentences. and use of spiel chick.

[Droopy]

7. Just drop an 'is'

Same thing for the double 'it' and the double 'that.'

[DrDebug]

9. Double "is" is not like it ain't no double negative, no?

[philosophie_en_rose]

10. The questions we should be asking is,

"is our children learning?"

Perhaps you should enlighten us as to the rules behind the objection.

[kick-ass-bob]

12. it's better than the the double

the.

:crazy:

[fob]

15. Here here!

j/k

[chaska]

19. Now should that have a comma between "here" and "here"?

Seriously, I wanna know.

[fob]

27. Actually it should read "Hear, hear!", but I thought I'd go with the more

common typo considering the thread topic.

[GOPBasher]

17. I ain't never be makin' no gramur mis takes. n/t

[jswordy]

20. Uh....

:boring: :boring: :boring: :boring: :boring: :boring: :boring:

[Bill McBlueState]

21. heh

Do you do this for evey post that bores you? Must keep you busy!

[jswordy]

25. Nahhhh...just the ones that put me to sleep before ---

:boring:

[jobycom]

22. Dually noted.

:-)

[jswordy]

26. A-ha-ha-ha! OH YES!

[Double T]

23. Does everyone posting on this thread have a stuttering problem?

[Bill McBlueState]

24. This isn't something I've noticed

But I think I understand what you're getting at. Is it that people add an extra ", is" to make their sentences sound longer and more thoughtful?

I'll have to listen for that! Maybe I even do it myself sometimes. :blush: