Grammar
August 16, 2008 – 5:31 pm by BHAfter reading a few posts on BPS, which I linked to below, I followed a link to Research Blogging, a site devoted to academic blog posts about peer-reviewed research articles. Yeah, I did all this on a Saturday. Anyway, the second post caught my eye since it was about running and was written by an M.D./PhD. This slacker wrote a very good article worth reading, but it had an unfortunate title: Your Never too Old to Run (Dr. Shock). It is simply stunning how often people make this mistake. “You’re” is of course the proper way to start this sentence. Silly doctor. While it was ironic and sort of sad to see this simple mistake on a blog about academic research, you should look at the rest of the site, since it is interesting and well researched.
Update: To be fair, it appears that Dr. Shock is Dutch, so it’s much more understandable that he would have some trouble with English. I just thought it was funny seeing an academic blog service with typos.
4 Responses to “Grammar”
The blog is also for learning to write proper English. Not just jargon or doctor slang. So thanks for the comment and feel free to “read” some more, regards Dr Shock
By Dr Shock MD PhD on Aug 17, 2008
Oddly enough I think I offended a Dutch foreign exchange student at a friend’s dinner party a couple of days ago. I clearly should not be allowed anywhere near the State Department. Apologies again to the Dr. I think we can all agree I am a lul.
By BH on Aug 17, 2008
Even more odd (or is it odder?) is that foreign people’s grammar is typically better than that of people from Ohio…
By AR on Aug 18, 2008
People from Ohio have never made a typo or grammatical mistake since recorded history.
By CJB on Aug 20, 2008