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Come on, Graeme...I just know you know better than that.
I've always felt that gawker sites don't really qualify as journalism, and the above sloppiness is one reason why: even the so-called "professional contributors" can't consistently summon proper grammar of even the simplest sort.
Not only is "out've" not a contraction of two words you would put together, it isn't even shorter than the two words it ostensibly replaces ("out of"). How utterly daft.
It is difficult to sustain respect for this site when its content sometimes reads like it is composed by learning-challenged 4th graders. Hey, Analee, who edits the editors?
11/11/08
I can't wait to get this book!
11/11/08
Huh? What language is that?
Come on, Graeme...I just know you know better than that.
I've always felt that gawker sites don't really qualify as journalism, and the above sloppiness is one reason why: even the so-called "professional contributors" can't consistently summon proper grammar of even the simplest sort.
Not only is "out've" not a contraction of two words you would put together, it isn't even shorter than the two words it ostensibly replaces ("out of"). How utterly daft.
It is difficult to sustain respect for this site when its content sometimes reads like it is composed by learning-challenged 4th graders. Hey, Analee, who edits the editors?
11/11/08
Wow is "bitchy" in your vocab then, because you sure are giving a banner representation of it?
Lay off Graeme. We're lucky to have him here.
11/11/08
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11/03/08