Inflated balloons are fine, but for some reason lots of people think popped balloons aren't real trash and that they don't have to pick them up and throw them away when they're on the ground in public. This makes popped balloons horrible, especially when you want to let your mouthy-mouthy one-year-old roam on the…

Inflated balloons are fine, but for some reason lots of people think popped balloons aren't real trash and that they don't have to pick them up and throw them away when they're on the ground in public. This makes popped balloons horrible, especially when you want to let your mouthy-mouthy one-year-old roam on the…

Yeah, the wine thing was perfect. Unless someone tells me what to get, I always just pick one that isn't over $12-$30 (depending on the occasion) and has a label design I like. Red unless instructed otherwise. I'd rather pick from the vodkas because I can do that confidently and I enjoy vodka more than wine, but when…

Yeah, the wine thing was perfect. Unless someone tells me what to get, I always just pick one that isn't over $12-$30 (depending on the occasion) and has a label design I like. Red unless instructed otherwise. I'd rather pick from the vodkas because I can do that confidently and I enjoy vodka more than wine, but when…

Using "begs the question" to mean "raise the question" is not a usage error, though. Like I said, the phrase has a second sense that is well established and widely used. You can't call it an error when it is part of the language, and it is a part of the language whether we like it or not.

Using "begs the question" to mean "raise the question" is not a usage error, though. Like I said, the phrase has a second sense that is well established and widely used. You can't call it an error when it is part of the language, and it is a part of the language whether we like it or not.

Using "their" instead of "they're" is a spelling error. This is usage, and the use of "begs the question" to mean "raise the question" is firmly established and widespread, and it's going to continue whether we like it or not (and I'm not saying I love it), so there's nothing we can do but accept that the phrase has a…

Using "their" instead of "they're" is a spelling error. This is usage, and the use of "begs the question" to mean "raise the question" is firmly established and widespread, and it's going to continue whether we like it or not (and I'm not saying I love it), so there's nothing we can do but accept that the phrase has a…

Like countless words and phrases in English, "begs the question" has multiple meanings. The fact that it's so often used to mean "raise the question," plus the fact that we all know what it means when people use it this way, means you should probably find another peeve to get pedantic about.

Like countless words and phrases in English, "begs the question" has multiple meanings. The fact that it's so often used to mean "raise the question," plus the fact that we all know what it means when people use it this way, means you should probably find another peeve to get pedantic about.

That horrible article also contains this sentence, as a standalone paragraph:
 
"Magary was jejune and vituperative, but he wasn’t wrong."

That horrible article also contains this sentence, as a standalone paragraph:
 
"Magary was jejune and vituperative, but he wasn’t wrong."

The comments here are why I hate the internet.

Writing MFAs are scams, though. Most people who go to them don't learn anything or become better writers, and some become worse. Nothing happens there. Those who do find success would have found success without the MFA. The shit about how you have to write about serious stuff is probably more insightful and…

Writing MFAs are scams, though. Most people who go to them don't learn anything or become better writers, and some become worse. Nothing happens there. Those who do find success would have found success without the MFA. The shit about how you have to write about serious stuff is probably more insightful and…

He might also look back on this as his overhyphenation phase.

He might also look back on this as his overhyphenation phase.

Deleted for too much self-disclosure. Crack sucks, basically.

Deleted for too much self-disclosure. Crack sucks, basically.

Counterpoint: As the father of an 8-month-old girl, I find this commercial awful.