tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post1801621773828101497..comments2024-03-27T21:49:28.793+00:00Comments on A Yorkshire Memoir: Review - Gyles Brandreth: Have You Eaten Grandma?Tasker Dunhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17634612033217902946noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-76831791663727102492019-05-05T09:49:06.470+01:002019-05-05T09:49:06.470+01:00Armed with a secret copy of Gyles Brandreth's ...Armed with a secret copy of Gyles Brandreth's book under your desk you would have their undivided attention (even more of it than usual). Strangely, he doesn't mention gerunds, although he does give a couple of amusing examples of dangling participles. Tasker Dunhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17634612033217902946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-82192012513450840162019-05-05T09:42:35.519+01:002019-05-05T09:42:35.519+01:00Me too. And things I know I once knew without hesi...Me too. And things I know I once knew without hesitation (stationery/stationary?) I now find myself checking on just to make sure. Tasker Dunhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17634612033217902946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-59543555979264468922019-05-05T01:47:38.003+01:002019-05-05T01:47:38.003+01:00And to think for several years I taught English gr...And to think for several years I taught English grammar to young innocents fresh out of high school. I possibly still could, if I stayed one chapter ahead in the text and didn't have to explain gerunds out of turn.Joanne Noragonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16601010208310707750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-15556124272882662712019-05-04T22:17:38.589+01:002019-05-04T22:17:38.589+01:00His would be just the guide I need. I find that as...His would be just the guide I need. I find that as I move farther (further?) away from my school years, I tend to make ever more grammar & punctuation mistakes. Beahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07886227825064266814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-49293013055662209842019-05-04T17:39:33.006+01:002019-05-04T17:39:33.006+01:00I'd settle for not Will Self as a compromise.I'd settle for not Will Self as a compromise. Tasker Dunhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17634612033217902946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-69363266300146446432019-05-04T16:48:43.514+01:002019-05-04T16:48:43.514+01:00I'm totally with him on the grammar stuff (tho...I'm totally with him on the grammar stuff (though I may not quite agree with all of his rules) but as for being likable, give me Fry or Coren-Mitchell any day. Not Will Self though. Never Will SelfLiz Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04217707558723553655noreply@blogger.com