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I don't know about other countries, but here in the US we have an annual spelling bee and geography bee.

Do you think we should have an annual grammar bee?

Posted - September 26, 2018

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  • 1502
    I can nominate two people. No disrespect intended.
      September 26, 2018 2:19 PM MDT
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  • 44619
    Three...don't forget Nevan. My money's on him.
      September 26, 2018 2:24 PM MDT
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  • 1502
    He’s a sleeper. He’s never corrected me on here.
      September 26, 2018 2:26 PM MDT
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  • 44619
    Neither have I. I pick and choose. I got Randy twice in one day last week.
      September 26, 2018 2:31 PM MDT
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  • 1502
    Most of mine come from my iPad not keeping up with my typing and I‘m not patient enough to wait to proofread. Other times I’m just lazy. 
      September 26, 2018 2:32 PM MDT
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  • 44619
    My desktop doesn't have auto-correct.
      September 26, 2018 2:34 PM MDT
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  • 1502
    My iPad is terrible about changing words, puts multiple words together, and randomly capitalizes letters. I need to be more patient. This post was edited by Rizz at September 26, 2018 11:14 PM MDT
      September 26, 2018 2:41 PM MDT
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  • 44619
    And everyone asks why I keep my old flip-phone. I call it a 2-way radio.
      September 26, 2018 2:44 PM MDT
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  • 1502
    This is the only site my iPad tablet does this with. My iPhone only does it on this site too. This is the only Q&A site I use though. This post was edited by Rizz at September 27, 2018 1:34 AM MDT
      September 26, 2018 2:46 PM MDT
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  • I don't provide unsolicited corrections (not my style), but on matters grammatical and linguistic I am a font of knowledge. :)
      September 26, 2018 7:06 PM MDT
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  • 53509

      Who "solicits" corrections?  That's just plain whack, yo.

    ~
      September 26, 2018 10:28 PM MDT
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  • 13277
    Very simple. Any mistake begs to be corrected. That's solicitation enough for me!
      September 26, 2018 11:16 PM MDT
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  • 44619
    I do...just to see if you catch them.
      September 27, 2018 4:46 PM MDT
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  • 44619
    Font comes from the Latin fons. (Sorry, I couldn't help myself.)

      September 27, 2018 4:45 PM MDT
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  • 10643
    Why not? I'm sure many of them would attend.  We should have a great-grammar bee too, although entrants might be rather scarce. 
      September 26, 2018 2:52 PM MDT
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  • 22891
    probably
      September 26, 2018 3:41 PM MDT
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  • 4624
    great idea, televised
    scripted by comics and grammarians together to ensure entertaining examples
    half proceeds to winners, half to charity
      September 26, 2018 3:52 PM MDT
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  • 44619
    And half to me...for the idea.
      September 27, 2018 1:36 AM MDT
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  • 4624
    I wish!
    Wouldn't it be great to be able to get 3 halves from one whole! :)

    Would be so lovely to see you rich enough to fill your bucket list.

    Intellectual property is vital,
    but sadly I think the poor genius is often lucky to get even 2% of the royalties.



    This post was edited by inky at September 27, 2018 4:49 PM MDT
      September 27, 2018 3:30 PM MDT
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  • 53509

      The second sentence is a question; needs to end with a question mark. 
      Comma after the word 'sadly'.

      September 27, 2018 7:44 PM MDT
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  • 4624
    The second sentence has the grammatic form of a sentence, but being a rhetorical exclamation is not actually asking a question - hence the exclamation mark.

    Agreed, a comma would be correct after sadly.
      September 28, 2018 10:39 PM MDT
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  • 53509

      Rhetorical or not, there's no way an exclamation point is appropriate for a question. If the sentence is an exclamation (declarative), then it takes an exclamation point!  See how that works?
    ~
      September 29, 2018 5:14 AM MDT
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  • 44619
    Are you try to bait those other two?
      September 27, 2018 4:48 PM MDT
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  • 4624
    Hmm. Hadn't thought of that.
    Stu Bee and Randy D would probably love to be the judging panel, and be well paid for it -
    and maybe they'd reach national celebrity level for their statuses as grammarians.
    They might even become so busy that we'd lose them here. :(
      September 27, 2018 6:42 PM MDT
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