Grammar Girl (4 comments)
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Grammar Girl

in News by DaveKellett

Tuesday, August 17, 2010 - 12:36 AM

Oh, "Garage Sale," when did you become the catch-all phrase for any sale of cheap &*^%$ at the front of our house, whether it be of the lawn-, driveway-, or indeed garage-variety?

For those not familiar with the reference, Grammar Girl is Mignon Fogarty's awesome blog on the more idiosyncratic parts of the English language. I highly recommend it: It's a fun, interestin' read on language 'n learnin' 'n lingual luminations. <--This sentence would get me in trouble over there.

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Re: Grammar Girl (Score: 0)
posted Tuesday, August 17, 2010 - 03:50 AM (#56713)

More to the point: Why is there NEVER a garage being sold at 'garage sales'? Or a yard at 'yard sales'? The only sign that makes sense is 'rummage sale'.


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Re: Grammar Girl (Score: 0)
posted Tuesday, August 17, 2010 - 08:39 AM (#56716)

Meh.

Real nerds read LanguageLog: http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/


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Re: Grammar Girl (Score: 0)
posted Wednesday, August 18, 2010 - 03:39 AM (#56720)

In Brooklyn, they're called "stoop sales." Although in fairness, most houses do have a stoop.


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Re: Grammar Girl (Score: 0)
posted Wednesday, August 18, 2010 - 03:52 AM (#56721)

I used to do this [correct signs] in the halls of the high school where I worked . . . come on, students and teachers - this IS supposed to be a place of LEARNING (isn't it?) . . .


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