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To: Don W

“Grammar police mode off...”

It’s not a grammatical error. Non linguists often use the term over broadly. It’s an error in meaning (semantics).


35 posted on 10/22/2014 10:06:13 PM PDT by nonsporting
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To: nonsporting

Leaving a defining word out is not a grammatical error, but a semantic preference?

All-righty, then. Thank you Professor.


38 posted on 10/22/2014 10:27:55 PM PDT by Don W (To laugh, perhaps to dream...)
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