Sometimes it's like a nail on a chalk board. Except that chalk boards are rare. Or maybe it's like a broken record. Except...
You're writers. Today's the day for grammar. And also for pet peeves about it. Like sentences that don't have verbs, and starting sentences with And and Like, and splitting infinitives and prepositions at the end of the sentence.
Here's a nice compendium of grammar peeves, the best of which is this:
Roy Peter Clark, vice president and senior scholar, Poynter: “My only grammar peeve is with crotchety people who try to impose their historically incorrect prescriptions on the heads of innocent writers. Among the worst crotchets: ending sentences with prepositions; beginning a sentence with and or but; splitting infinitives. In the spirit of Mr. Spock, I would encourage writers to boldly go where grammarians would keep them out.”
Can we celebrate National Grammar Day without killing the
kitten language? Maybe we can try a little bit harder today. Just saying.