Grammar Girl on Sarah Palin and Irony
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People always use irony to mean a coincedence. Is that just a common mistake?
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@cottonwhiskersuk You cannot understand the joke, since you think too literally.
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GG, you are the best. Great video. Thank you.
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@tamaranicole19 better examples for that statement are "a paragraph can be started in many ways" for a technical setting and "you can start a paragraph in many ways" for a casual setting
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@tamaranicole19 the words themselves are non-descriptive. "it" and "there" don't refer to anything specifically... "there are many ways to start a paragraph." in this example, "there" doesn't really describe any location. where do the ways to start a paragraph reside? you're alluding to them existing somewhere but you don't specify what you mean by "there"... it's just a weak way to introduce a topic in a non-casual setting.
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@ianobetz She wasn't criticizing Palin, she was using her as an example. Irony is one the hardest things to get right and she found a perfect example. It just happened to be Palin.
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she should have said where the word "irony" comes from
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Eh... Pretty boring. Find something else to do with your time than criticize a woman you pale in comparison to.
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Is irony grammar? Or was this video supposed to be ironic?
You cannot pardon a turkey, since it has presumably committed no crime.
cottonwhiskersuk 2 years ago 8
Grammar Girl rocks! This is a fabulous -- and vivid! -- illustration of your topic. Inspired. ;)
DLHymes 3 years ago 7