Featured Pet Peeve on the BB

Now, John,

Can you recall a single original thought? I'm too old to remember any.

The greatest compliment on can give is to be copied.

Musicians, artists, craftsmen, all learn by doing it.

Soldiers, sailors, politicians all perform to that standard.

Preachers, teachers, and evangelists all do it, and are esteemed in their office.

Even Paul encouraged the followers to plagiarize him (or is that too strong a term in Corinthians).

I would rather the student be complimented on thinking so highly of whom they copied that they would desire to emulate that persons thoughts, and encourage that student to be better serve other by stating whom they copied so that more would benefit by such wisdom.








The above is given somewhat tongue in check.

 

Or even called a plagiarizer simply by mis-formatting the source incorrectly according to the style you have been assigned.

 

There is one that I see so common, but just grates my very innards.

When a person uses the phrases, "each and every."

If I present to each it is to every. I don't have to think of myself so highly as to use the word each if I say every or every if I use each.

I'm at the point to where it is as offensive as listening to the poor grammar used by news broadcasters and actors. Especially those who don't use the proper form of the adverb. Leaving an "ly" off a word that needs it is especial uneducated.

 

I know one thing these peeves have teeth and they bite... I'm not petting one!... Brother Glen

 

Alliteration always aggravates all adult audiences.

 

Not sure what you don't buy but formatting is not that simple and it varies depending on which format is called for I.e. MLA, APA, or Turabian.

 

Who gets assigned styles on BB? Am I missing something?

 

I was talking about the accusation being made while I was in school for that reason not on this board

 

Emphasis through redundancy. Does not bother me, though I can see where it could grate on one's nerves, especially if used repeatedly. (Repeated redundancy?) However, I also see a whisker of difference, to me, anyway: "each" appears to consider things one at a time, "every" as a group.