A Nother Post
Thanks to my father, incorrect grammar is something that tends to bother me a little. Daily misuses like incorrect verb tense, well vs. good, or real vs. really are the big ones that stick out. Well, I have a new grammar pet peeve. It is the surprisingly prolific use of the word "nother". I started to notice it about a year ago, and I am amazed at how often I hear it. The standard phrase is usually "a whole nother thing", or something similar. Do people not realize that the word is "an-other", NOT "a-nother"? I even heard it from our pastor in church this morning. I suppose that in the grand scheme of things, this isn't really all that important, but it still grates on me when I hear it. I could also go on about the word "gonna", but that's a whole nother topic.
posted by Darin @ 6:54 PM
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Out of curiousity, was your pastor an English major, or do you simply expect standards of grammar from him as compared to the rest of the population?
No, not an English major. He would describe himself as a poor public speaker, even though he's been our senior paster for 30 years. Obviously, the congregation disagrees with him. I don't expect anything more from him grammatically than I would the population at large. It was simply the most recent offense I had heard.
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