Grammar Goblins

Microphone

Listen to them!

Unmasking the imps that toy with our speech and
our writing in the guerilla war on our language

The University of Auckland’s Institute for Innovation in Biotechnology welcomed the conference with professor Joerg Kistler saying it gave New Zealand access to cutting edge knowledge.

via ‘Genetic terrorism’ claims as big guns of GM set to meet – NZ Herald News.

Ironic that in a story titled ‘genetic terrorism’ we see two examples of linguistic ‘terrorism.’

Farewell comma, welcome ambiguity

Did the institute welcome a conference with professor Joerg Kistler, or did the professor comment on it?

Bring back the hyphen

Sadly, access to knowledge of cutting edges will not increase cutting-edge knowledge.

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5 Thoughts on “Grammar Goblins

  1. Richard C (NZ) on 02/09/2012 at 6:09 pm said:

    Some literary misconduct too at Psychological Science and UWA:

    NASA faked the moon landing — Therefore (Climate) Science is a Hoax:
    An Anatomy of the Motivated Rejection of Science

    Stephan Lewandowsky
    University of Western Australia
    Klaus Oberauer
    University of Zurich and University of Western Australia
    Gilles Gignac
    University of Western Australia

    99% surveyed disagreed that the Apollo moon landings never happened, so why the title?

    Big questions over their claimed respondents should see this paper shredded and Lewandowsky’s reputation in tatters if UWA and Psychological Science have any integrity.

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