A Fairly Common Redundancy
Redundancy is when you unnecessarily include a word that means the same thing as another word in the sentence. I say this myself sometimes, but usually in the reverse order. Last panel.
So do you say “little tiny” or “tiny little”?
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Double Superlatives are a No-No
The current “Nancy” comic frequently creates its punchline by using the last cell to illustrate the bad things in the previous panels. In this case, though, she is also correct in her grammar. This applies to double comparatives, too (more prettier, for example).
Lots of Alliteration but No Lesson
Unless you might want to call this a vocabulary lesson. Alliteration is deliberately starting more than one word with the same letter. As this guy does. I suppose he could have added “prepare and” after “I” in the second panel. In case you didn’t notice, he’s certainly not a biologist: That’s not what dog teeth […]
Another Example of Why I Don’t Much Like Pronouns
—They need antecedents, and you can easily get the antecedent wrong. The rule is that a pronoun should refer to the closest preceeding noun, which is not the correct noun in this sentence. But you knew that, right? Good thing he didn’t say to hit it hard! My brother and one of my grandchildren are […]
Misplaced Comma
The rule is that you should never have an odd number of commas between the subject and the verb in a sentence. He should replace the comma with “that” and make a nice clean restrictive clause. Or he could put the comma after “certain.”
