Grammatical Agent of Renewal

Just finished a phone interview with Geoff Pullum, in which he asked me about teaching English 101. I obsequiously assured him that I warn my students that you can’t believe everything you read in Elements of Style. (For the record, Pullum calls that classic “a toxic little book of mostly mistaken prejudices, a classic compendium of American ignorance.”)

Pullum exclaimed, in his distinctive British accent, “You are doing God’s work!”

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