There are somewhat more results for more stupid, but there might be some interesting trends there with respect to dates and origin for example, the first page of more stupid. Fowlers dictionary of modern english usage also gives the correct forms as stupid stupider stupidest. Grammar girls quick and dirty tips for better writing. Grammar pdf girl, is determined to wipe out bad grammarbut shes also determined to make the process as painless as possible.
The comparative form is more lucid, and the superlative form is most lucid. I made a comment that was downvoted because i used the word stupider. Even though i wouldnt normally use a comparative form with an adjective like true and, by the way, its antonym, false, is another of those adjectives without a comparative or superlative form, i would feel more. All right, lets just dive right into this stupid thing.
I dedicated the first edition of english grammar for dummies to my. Ive been writing professionally for more than 40 years. Fine art paper, laminated, or framed punctuation grammar and writing poster for home, office or classroom. More information for support, content removal, content reports. Theres no rule against using more stupid if you wish, instead of stupider, as the comparative form of the adjective. It seems each book in this series just gets better and better. Hopefully by the end we will all know which is the correct form. April 16 is the 50th anniversary of the publication of a little book that is loved and admired throughout american academe. Even though he doesnt like mushrooms, his mother made mushroom soup. I walked with a girl who was singing i walked with a singing girl i. Most of the comments above are based on personal belief, such as i dont believe people are getting more stupid. See more ideas about grammar, humor and grammar humor. Magor december 3, 2010 681182 views if you ever needed proof that we are lost in a sea of pointless rules designed to make traveling and indeed life in general more. Millions trust grammarlys free writing app to make their online writing clear and effective.
See more ideas about cool words, grammar and words. However usage mistakes are not really the end of the world. Browse through and read or take stupid girl stories, quizzes, and other creations. Written with the wit, warmth, and accessibility that the podcasts are known for, grammar girl s quick and dirty tips for better writing covers the grammar rules and wordchoice guidelines that can confound. Check out these two examples from tom sants book persuasive. There werent a whole lot of actual writing tips, with the exception of a short chapter near the end with advice like avoid cliches like the plague. But this still feels more like a feature to an existing service in fact, grammarly bizarrely offers its own microsoft word plugin, despite the fact that word has robust grammar and spelling tools. Memory thibodeaux is a risk taker some would describe her as a wildcard and a little too carefree. In my experience, many english experts have stated that both forms are correct, but prefer to emphasis preference on the more.
Ive always loved her clarity and the real world examples that she provides in her blog and her publications. I loved this book so much that i felt that i owed cindy some money for this book. Jul 12, 2011 stupid thieves prey on stupider victims in my day job i get frequent requests for pricing on absurd quantities of absurd items. In fact, in general, id words use more and most instead of er and est. World much stupider than returning soldier remembered tsa by c. Outskirts press is still stupid and may be getting stupider. Recently, a professional athlete was quoted in an article as saying i made the. Best rock song and best rock performance by a duo or group. May 09, 2008 posts about stupider written by languageandgrammar. My company sells a wide variety of telephone equipment, but people want proposals for everything from printer cartridges to digital video recorders and portable horse stalls. It can be either the stupidest or the most stupid stupid. Nov 10, 2008 when did it become acceptable to use words like stupider instead of more stupid. Whenever i listen to her podcast, scan her blog, or read her book, i always pick up new insight into grammar and writing. However stupid love i didnt like or enjoyi loved it.
My english teacher went to great lengths to explain certain aspects of grammar and i had to learn how to say and write more stupid instead of the grammatical trend of stupider and it is bugging me. A couple of years ago, she created a weekly podcast to tackle some of the most common mistakes people make while communicating. Aside from replies of because thats how it is, i havent heard any real argument on why stupider is not a word. Open the book, turn to page 10, and do the exercises.
In many cases, this means that the item is worth so much money that the amount cant be guessed at. How to match your message to the situation dummies. The rules are clear on how to form comparatives and superlatives as long as the adjective or adverb youre trying to modify has fewer or more than two syllables. I trust your knowledge more than hers since she used to pronounce height as if it had a th at the end. Grammar girl s quick and dirty tips for better writing book. Are humans getting more stupid because of computers. Grammar girl social media isnt ruining grammar youtube. Stupider and stupidest are perfectly fine words, and are recognized as such by a number of dictionaries. Stupid love is the third book in the stupid in love series. Stupider and more stupid are both comparative forms of the adjective stupid. Her more than 50 books include english grammar for dummies and many childrens books. To is no more an essential part of an infinitive than the definite article is an.
Many old grammar books taught that it was unacceptable to start a. Dec 02, 2019 walton burgess wrote a book in 1856 called five hundred mistakes of daily occurrence in speaking, pronouncing, and writing the english language. I looked at search results for stupider and more stupid in project gutenberg texts. Fowlers dictionary of modern english usage also gives the correct forms as stupid stupider. Geraldine woods has taught every level of english from 5th grade through ap. Five grammatical errors that make you look dumb copyblogger. This book is an az list commonly misunderstood and abused words.
In my experience, many english experts have stated that both forms are correct, but prefer to emphasis preference on the more most forms. Because stupid is a twosyllable word, its comparative form can be created either by adding the suffix er or by using more the same goes for the superlative form of stupid. Jan 01, 2008 a more accurate title would probably be grammar girl s quick and dirty tips for better grammar. Lots of useful tips packed into one place along with helpful ways to remember the rulesusage.
Grammarly can save you from misspellings, grammatical and punctuation. Getting started is simple download grammarlys extension today. English grammar for dummies, second edition english4u. Jan 11, 2016 8 things that make a girl stupid and useless. A recent study finds that intelligence of westerners has declined 14 i. For adjectives with more than two syllables, you usually use the word more to create the comparative. Theres not one simple answer to your question, though. And it pops up everywhere, in the stupidest places too. Learn when to use the words more or most and when to use the suffixes er and est. It was actually recorded in 1994, two years prior to release. Whenever i listen to her podcast, scan her blog, or read her book, i always pick up new insight into grammar. Such a use of this word is not frequent among writers of reputation.
After phil said he didnt know, the girl said it didnt matter. Pdf adjectives in kurdish language is studied in this article, examples are. I used to feel a weird obligation to finish every book i startedbut no more. Likewise, the comparative form of stupid is more stupid, and the superlative form is most stupid. Nov 08, 2006 english grammar is a tricky field to negotiate, with many little rules that can easily bug the hell out of youi have my pet peeves, which would be rules that make sense to me, and people misuse them and abuse them and drive me crazy, but also, there are many rules that just make no logical sense whatsoever. The little, brown handbook provides reliable and thorough coverage of such handbook basics as the writing process, grammar, research, and documentation, while also giving detailed discussions of. Since discovering grammar girl, ive acquired plenty of fresh knowledge about grammar, some of which ive shared here in the writing forward grammar posts. May 29, 2015 5 stupid grammar rules you should never follow because they make your writing worse some of the rules we learned in school just serve to make writing stiff and klunky. When did it become acceptable to use words like stupider. Stupid girl simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The girl in the last row, but not the football players in the hall, are.
Connotative grammar or grammar as we know it is called the usage of the english language. Mla style manual and guide to scholarly publishing 3rd ed. Im a bit surprised that many online dictionaries, the erest forms of stupid are accepted, but make no mention of the more more forms. Stupid grammar error everything language and grammar. Often times you can still understand the intent of a sentence when commas arent present for example. Written with the wit, warmth, and accessibility that the podcasts are known for, grammar girl s quick and dirty tips for better writing covers the grammar rules and wordchoice guidelines that. World much stupider than returning soldier remembered tsa.
As you may know if you follow me on facebook, i pretty much hate, with a capital hate, this new common core math being taught. Perhaps youve heard a painting or antique described as priceless. Learning the difference between homophones like horde and hoard will also help you stay out of trouble with the grammar police. The song has a drum sample of the clashs single train in vain. The official teacher manual orders teachers to play. But sometimes an object is priceless because it is worth more. Goodreads members who liked stupid girl stupid in love. Theres no rule against using more stupid if you wish, instead of stupider.
Since 2008, ive owned a small publishing company, silver sands books. Not sure how you can make grammar any more interesting than this. Better versus best grammar girl quick and dirty tips. Mignon fogarty is the founder of quick and dirty tips and the author of seven books on language, including the new york times bestseller grammar girl s quick and dirty tips for better.
Written with the wit, warmth, and accessibility that the podcasts are known for, grammar girl s quick and dirty tips for better writing covers the grammar rules and wordchoice guidelines that can confound even the best writers. English grammar is a tricky field to negotiate, with many little rules that can easily bug the hell out of youi have my pet peeves, which would be rules that make sense to me, and people misuse. Xvideos stupid girls getting topless in prom night limo free. Grammar pdf girl, is determined to wipe out bad grammar but shes also determined to make the process as painless as possible. Jan 07, 2016 the 7 best books grammar girl read in 2015. Punctuation grammar and writing poster for home, office or classroom.
Because stupid is a twosyllable word, its comparative form can be created either by adding the suffix er or by using more. Mar 6, 2018 explore realgrammargirls board grammar girl. Loved the witty banter, loved the accent, loved olivia. See more ideas about writing, writing tips and writing skills. Magor december 3, 2010 681182 views if you ever needed proof that we are lost in a sea of pointless rules designed to make traveling and indeed life in general more difficult than it ever needed to be, this is it. May 09, 2008 stupid is just like lucid same id ending. Anecdote by sandra cisneros 468 what makes something prcelesi s. We need to add a spelling and grammar test prior to granting texting rights to people. Are humans getting dumber or lazier because of computers doing all the work. The american heritage dictionary of the english language 4th ed.
I am not grammar girl and no double entendre was intended in the. Linking verb is the verb that needs complement rather than object and that complement tells us more about the subject, so adjective can be used after linking verb as the complement to tell more about the subject. Despite my shellofman status, wastrel thinness, total lack of game, selfhatred, inherent geekiness, 4 chain smoking, 5 abject poverty, and just all around vivid undesirability, i got this astoundingly beautiful girl into bed with me, because teenagers are stupid. Posts about stupider written by languageandgrammar. Stupider is the comparative form of the adjective stupid. I loved this book so much that i felt that i owed cindy some money for this book, so i went and bought a copy. In the english language, stupid is one of just a few adjectives that have two grammaticallycorrect options for their comparative form. Mignon fogarty born 1967 is a former faculty member in journalism at the university of nevada, reno, and a former science writer who produces an educational podcast about english grammar and usage titled grammar girl s quick and dirty tips for better writing, which was named one of the best podcasts of 2007 by itunes. The 5th edition may be better suited to professional editors in book and. Grammar girls quick and dirty tips for better writing by. That said, more stupid and most stupid, are also acceptable, so you can use either. Recently, a professional athlete was quoted in an article as saying i made the stupidest mistake. It can be either the stupidest or the most stupid stupid and its related word forms are considered very rude and insulting in some situations. In case you were wondering, the superlative forms of stupid are stupidest and most stupid.
When did it become acceptable to use words like stupider instead of more stupid. To commemorate the occasion, its publisher has released an elegantly bound, goldembossed hardcover edition containing notes about the book. After 20 years, how can some one not know about the. Daily tips for successful writing from grammar girl.
Her first book was published in 1994 and is still in print more than 24 updates. I honestly had no idea how to answer this question. Grammar girl presents the ultimate writing guide for students. I read stupid girl and stupid boy and really enjoyed them. Each other is for two and one another for three or more. Aside from replies of because thats how it is, i havent heard any real argument on why stupider. From new york times bestselling author and creator of the top ranked grammar girl podcast, mignon fogarty, comes her bestselling grammar girl presents the ultimate writing guide for. Grammar girls quick and dirty tips for better writing quick.