Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for April 09, 2021

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    BE THIS GUY  over 3 years ago

    A certain cartoonist is upset by mistakes being pointed out in his strip.

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    John-117  over 3 years ago

    I would make a good one of these guys

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    BasilBruce  over 3 years ago

    And that is a thing up with which Greg will not put.

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    Renatus Profuturus Frigeridus Premium Member over 3 years ago

    That basement could also be rented to those commentators who on these pages amiably make fun of my every mistake in the English language.

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    ronaldspence  over 3 years ago

    Fairy tale trolls lived under bridges, maybe grammar trolls live under houses in basements? Trolls seem happy to be unhappy…

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    Robin Harwood  over 3 years ago

    Greg is doing noble work.

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    Farside99  over 3 years ago

    They go to grammatrical school from where they grammatriculate.

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    iggyman  over 3 years ago

    Guilty as charged!

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    stillfickled Premium Member over 3 years ago

    Greg would have a field day at GoComics.*

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    Qiset  over 3 years ago

    While learning French, I discovered that both formal and informal English exists. For instance, informal English allows a sentence to end with a preposition. And there really isn’t a codified rule to stop it. Go figure.

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    Caldonia  over 3 years ago

    Okay, which reader pointed out one of Pastis’s errors when he was feeling particularly sensitive?

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    blunebottle  over 3 years ago

    Good job, Rat.

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    gopher gofer  over 3 years ago

    here i always thought it was “grammarital”…

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    nosirrom  over 3 years ago

    English is a fluid language. It’s drowning with rules.

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    cdward  over 3 years ago

    I’m trying to figure out who DOESN’T tick Greg off…

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    Say What Now‽ Premium Member over 3 years ago

    My Grammar passed away years ago.

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    harkherp  over 3 years ago

    Aren’t Grammarians an alias race in Star Trek? In that episode with them they loved James T Kirk’s grammar and diction! Bones was jealous he was!

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    Algolei I  over 3 years ago

    I don’t need light or heat, I have the warming glow of my own self-righteousness.

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    Gent  over 3 years ago

    Just send him over to Larry the Croc. He’ll love the company. Heh heh.

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    Troglodyte  over 3 years ago

    Sent Greg to them cartoons, Yoda has…

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    iggyman  over 3 years ago

    Always have that “Grammacy” program then there is no problem!

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    Mighty Phavahg  over 3 years ago

    Ill bee keepping a eye on yew four grammastickle misstakes from now on.

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    NeedaChuckle Premium Member over 3 years ago

    I get a kick out of grammar police who think comments on the net are comparable to PhD dissertations. The ones from non English speakers must send them into comas.

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    Ignatz Premium Member over 3 years ago

    But “grammarical” isn’t a grammatical error, it’s a pronunciation error, moron (or a spelling error, but Rat is theoretically speaking).

    Rat should have said “Thats” without the apostrophe. Even though that would sound the same to grammar-boy.

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    Ignatz Premium Member over 3 years ago

    I never correct grammar on the internet, with one exception: When somebody corrects somebody else’s grammar. Then I’ll comb through the pedant’s post to find an error of HIS that I can correct. And there’s ALWAYS an error in their somewhere.

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    uniquename  over 3 years ago

    Ah, the grammar troll.

    I’ve done that on occasion.

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    tripwire45  over 3 years ago

    Apparently, Stephan has made a few “grammatical” errors and is now getting revenge on his critics.

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    Ellis97  over 3 years ago

    Grammar nazis.

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    EmmettWayne  over 3 years ago

    So why isn’t Greg a grammatician?

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    Zebrastripes  over 3 years ago

    Grammar police can shovel it but they can’t take it! Arrogance and superiority can take a backseat…we have auto correct but sometimes it’s not so correct…the last thing we need is the grammar police….BOO HISS!

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    Doug K  over 3 years ago

    Grammar, Spelling, Capitalization – Do those things still exist?

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    mrwiskers  over 3 years ago

    First real out loud laugh today!

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    Procat Premium Member over 3 years ago

    WHAT ABOUT PEOPLE WHO COMMENT IN ALL CAPS?

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    well-i-never  over 3 years ago

    I, for one, are grateful to any corrections if, on example, someone seen an mistake in any comment I make. Its rare, but it happens.

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    ChristineMurphy  over 3 years ago

    We are easily enraged.

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    Happy Tinkerbelle Premium Member over 3 years ago

    Make grammerical great again!

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    gmu328  over 3 years ago

    i have that one also in the deep recess of my mind and every now and then it pops up and makes me say something that i wish i hadn’t … whether grammatical or reasonable

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    unfair.de  over 3 years ago

    If you ever want to know about some fact (and some more): just throw out something stupid on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, or in the comment section of a related blog. The knowitalls will swarm in like flies to a rotting carcass in the sun.

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    Indianapolis Smith  over 3 years ago

    Is that anything like “Conan the Barbarian”?

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    sonicatedboom-s  over 3 years ago

    no one noticed that the grsmmarian corrected a spelling/phonetic mistake instead of actually grammar?

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    Tallguy  over 3 years ago

    …in the deepest pit, without hope, without witness, without reward…

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    ElwoodP  over 3 years ago

    As our county grammarian I resemble that remark.

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    Moonkey Premium Member over 3 years ago

    I learned grammar in school and would not have been promoted to the next grade without the skills appropriate for my grade. There was no participation reward, we had to work and earn the grades. Perhaps that wasn’t such a bad system.

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    jbruins84341  over 3 years ago

    This is so me! I am one of those people who corrects others’ grammar. Used to correct my wife, but I, um, had to stop.

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    MollyCat  over 3 years ago

    I support Greg completely. There’s a big difference between “Let’s eat, Mother” and “Lets eat Mother”.

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    Lee26 Premium Member over 3 years ago

    I would of commented hear, but you’re cartoon today was deleterious.

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    Ray Helvy Premium Member over 3 years ago

    And the key to the basement is well and truly lost?

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    dpatrickryan Premium Member over 3 years ago

    The rage keeps him warm.

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    Jef The Cyclist   over 3 years ago

    That was rat being nice too

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    Chris Sherlock  over 3 years ago

    If Rat doesn’t like grammarians, he should be on Facebook where he’d be very much among his own kind.

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    Chris Sherlock  over 3 years ago

    My top grammar peeve is people using ‘s to form the plural of words. The only time it’s correct to do that is never!!!

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    Eric S   over 3 years ago

    and it’s fun enraging them!

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    Omniman  over 3 years ago

    Seems like a good reason to keep the door locked.

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    Mentor397  over 3 years ago

    Oh yeah, that reminds me – I’m trapped in the basement. Send help.

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    AndrewSihler  over 3 years ago

    OK, but that has nothing to do with grammar. At best it’s a malapropism, except that “grammarical” isn’t a word. Well, I guess you might say that it is, now, but as a form without a function (“meaning”) is not a “word”.

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    hariseldon59  over 3 years ago

    Should have rented it to Kelsey Grammer.

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    Buoy  over 3 years ago

    It puts the punctuation in the sentence, or it gets the hose!

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    wykstrad  over 3 years ago

    Technically that’s a usage error, not grammar.

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    jmorris9999 Premium Member over 3 years ago

    Grammarians are the unsung heros of the web.

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    Lola85 Premium Member over 3 years ago

    I was brought up by a father who loved the English language, had an envious vocabulary, and was a stickler for good grammar. I minored in English and, for a few years, taught the subject. If I correct someone’s grammar, it’s because the former teacher in me just can’t help it. Do I have perfect grammar? No, but I do appreciate it when someone points out an error so I can correct it. If someone corrects your grammar, just say, “Thank you,” and move on.

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    Nancy Simpson  over 3 years ago

    “I do that just to enrage them.”

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    Natarose  over 3 years ago

    My mom was like that when my sister and I were in school. For some reason, she stopped correcting my sons when they were in 6th grade. Peculiar.

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    Lee26 Premium Member over 3 years ago

    My current pet peeve is mixing ‘and’ and ‘to’. You’re not going to try to go AND do something (implying you’re doing two things, go and do) but you’re going to go TO do something (one act).

    But, I’ll try and get over it. :)

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    STACEY MARSHALL Premium Member over 3 years ago

    Self-appointed and self-anointed prissy twit!

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    Sisyphos  over 3 years ago

    Beware, Rat! Hell hath no fury like a grammarian interred. By the Power of Good Grammar!

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    abba3  over 3 years ago

    I only correct the trolls and willfully ignorant.

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    A random Pearls Before Swine & Big Nate commenter  over 3 years ago

    do they need food though?

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