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[vicarz]

Oh no! My god...I forgot to check psychotronic and missed their showing of slaughterhouse 5! Damn damn damn I suck. Damn.

Be warned however, while I'm so-so on this week's venture of "The pack" (when pets go bad), Wednesday, September 17th has Kung fu from Beyond the Grave! It's hard to explain this fantastic film which involves Black Magic, animated corpses, people pissing their pants, and hopping Chinese zombies, but that's just about what it's about. Throw in some bad dubbing, some kung fu with Count Dracula and you've got one crazy mother-truckin movie.
I...I'll be out of town. Why can't I coordinate my suckage properly? Please go to see this, and think of me while you cackle.

Dear grammar nazis:
Am I right about my use of Assure, ensure, and the expanding Insure?
My familiarity is this: To prepare for the coming hurricane, I nailed plywood to the outside of the window frames to ENSURE that flying debris would not damage the panes. Now that I have done so, I am ASSURED that the glass will not be broken. However, if I'm wrong it's ok because I INSURED the property against storm damage with State Farm.

Comments

Re: grammar nazi

[vicar.livejournal.com]

Then why is everyone starting to use I instead of E? I swear I've seen this in published articles. Yeesh.

Can we call it a typo, like the to too two their they're issue? Does anyone care?

Re: grammar nazi

[joanarkham.livejournal.com]

I think it might be one of those things that is technically correct either way, but the preferred usage is "ensure" unless you are talking about actual insurance.

Re: grammar nazi

[peregrin8.livejournal.com]

AP distinguishes between the two, but some other sources deem them interchangeable.

Language mutates. Soon, "segue" will be officially spelled "segway."

Re: grammar nazi

[railwaymadness]

Soon, "segue" will be officially spelled "segway."

Stab stab stab.
I know, it's a living thing and I need to just get over it. But ... stab stab stabbity stab!

Re: grammar nazi

[peregrin8.livejournal.com]

It is a living thing that I spend 40 hours a week trying to taxidermically preserve.