The importance of correct grammar

Deep Purple · #1 01.12.2014, 14:35

This is the title of an email that I received from SBB today

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	The joy of giving: head into the holiday season with SBB

roegner · #2 01.12.2014, 14:43

Nice!

MidfieldGeneral · #3 01.12.2014, 14:47

What's wrong with it?

porsch1909 · #4 01.12.2014, 15:01

	Quote:	MidfieldGeneral
	What's wrong with it?

The joy of giving head.

Head could be a blowjob

Belgianmum · #5 01.12.2014, 15:04

	Quote:	MidfieldGeneral
	What's wrong with it?

Nothing wrong with it grammatically if you take the colon into account but if you just read it straight as one sentence then what Porsch said.

MidfieldGeneral · #6 01.12.2014, 15:06

You guys have dirty minds

Deep Purple · #7 01.12.2014, 15:06

	Quote:	Belgianmum
	Nothing wrong with it grammatically if you taken the colon into account but if you just read it straight as one sentence then what Porsch said.

Yes. Fortunately SBB got it right

jacek · #8 01.12.2014, 15:19

I prefer a modified version which I left on my boss's desk:

"The joy of leaving: I'm off to holidays with SBB"

donpiedro · #9 01.12.2014, 15:20

So the title should be "The importance of correct punctuation"

Good joke nonetheless!

Deep Purple · #10 01.12.2014, 15:38

	Quote:	donpiedro
	So the title should be "The importance of correct punctuation" Good joke nonetheless!

True

Mélusine · #11 01.12.2014, 16:03

	Quote:	porsch1909
	The joy of giving head. Head could be a blowjob

	Quote:	Belgianmum
	Nothing wrong with it grammatically if you take the colon into account but if you just read it straight as one sentence then what Porsch said.

You learn something new everyday!

hairybadger · #12 01.12.2014, 17:23

	Quote:	Mélusine
	You learn something new everyday!

every day

Verbier · #13 04.02.2016, 21:02

And one for the French speakers.

Verbier · #14 04.02.2016, 21:07

Ok, and a second one.

roegner · #15 04.02.2016, 21:08

Ouch

marton · #16 04.02.2016, 21:13

	Quote:	Deep Purple
	Yes. Fortunately SBB got it right

I would argue this point

#17 04.02.2016, 21:36

	Quote:	Verbier
	And one for the French speakers.

Very much in the news today- as the new simplified French grammar rules have been published. Apparently the ^circonflex is no longer necessary- and there have been plenty of examples on FB and elsewhere about why it should definitely remain.

But the above examples make little sense as the basic French is just not correct at all

Landers · #18 04.02.2016, 23:12

	Quote:	Deep Purple
	Yes. Fortunately SBB got it right

One could argue that the line is not grammatically correct with the colon because "The Joy of giving" is not a complete sentence.

#19 04.02.2016, 23:24

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	But the above examples make little sense as the basic French is just not correct at all

Not grammatically correct, but nevertheless French "as she is spoke" by many of the masses -- i.e. you'll often here constructs like this in slang.

	Quote:	Landers
	One could argue that the line is not grammatically correct with the colon because "The Joy of giving" is not a complete sentence.

Nor does it need to be. All that's needed prior to the colon is a clause.

"Rome: was it built in one day?"

or, of course,

"Star Wars: The Force Awakens".

(It's more the use of a complete sentence after the colon that aggravates some grammaristi.

)

jacek · #20 04.02.2016, 23:30

Here is official news that have leaked from the French language school ...

End of the circumflex? Changes in French spelling cause uproar
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-35496893

What's next? Will they also remove Umlaut from Grrman language?
I, for one, already started somewhat enjoying all those ü ä in daily use