ESPiN Has Something NICE To Say (For A Change!)

[Oneshot]

Slightly off topic;

There were quite a few grammar errors in that article, and I've been noticing it a lot not only in ESPN's writings but in many respectable articles (from CNN, Yahoo, etc.).

Do writers on the internet not even obey rules of grammar anymore? Because that kind of carelessness would not fly in a major newspaper. Does anyone else notice this?

 

[cincibuck]

My guess is that grammar is undergoing a rapid change. , ; rules have gone to reflecting how the writer would say something as oppossed to how he would write it. The e-mail, messenger style with LOL, IMO, BTW is becoming more accepted, or at least understood, in business.

There are a lot of words used on this sight that I assume come from rap music, that are coming into common, ie accepted use. Some are expressions I don't get.. assclown comes to mind... whatever happened to asshole?

About 5 years ago I read a book, The Yard, which was a NY Times best seller list book, in which the author did not use quotation marks. Drove me over the edge, but the style was "accepted" as correct in lit circles.

 

[Buckeyestyle45]

Grammar should be important to any serious writer. I recently learned that fuck'em was a contraction. I had been confused as to wether it was one word (fuckem) or two (fuck em), when the contraction thing was brought to my attention. This is valuable information for me because I want to be grammatically correct when I say that with regard to ESPN's Buckeye bashing.....fuck'em.

 

[AKAK]

In other words, don't enter the Michigan game with any losses – and don't leave with any, either

Gotta love low expectations.

 

[UGABuck]

Supposedly, most people who work for espn in their Bristol CT office share your sentiment- or at least think he's an assclown

I guess he's supposed to be entertaining? I am 36 and think he sounds and acts like a clown as well.

In the end, I like the games to be entertaining and the news to be informative and I feel he can't deliver on the informative part.

 

[BB73]

Slightly off topic;

There were quite a few grammar errors in that article, and I've been noticing it a lot not only in ESPN's writings but in many respectable articles (from CNN, Yahoo, etc.).

Do writers on the internet not even obey rules of grammar anymore? Because that kind of carelessness would not fly in a major newspaper. Does anyone else notice this?

Can you list examples? I'm fairly picky, but I went back and read it again and nothing bothered me. In fact, I noticed the grammatically correct phrase "none is" in his opening sentence; so he avoided saying "none are", which sounds correct but is actually an error in grammar.