I’m evil.
I’ve found yet another geeky reason to link to Fuck Me, Ray Bradbury by Rachel Bloom: Talking on Facebook about dangling modifiers and the need for correct grammar and spelling:
Grammar hammering needs to be done when the butchering of grammar by the unwashed masses means that one can’t understand the message. Or it makes the writer look idiotic. Aren’t people (adults) embarrassed when their grammar and spelling are sloppy?
There is a verse that goes,
Come on baby, I’m down on one knee
I carved our names on a Halloween Tree
You write about earthlings going to Mars
And I write about blowin’ you in my car
(Reprinted from http://lyrics.wikia.com/Rachel_Bloom:Fuck_Me,_Ray_Bradbury)
The last line is an example of a dangling modifier. Is Rachel singing about giving Bradbury a blowjob in her car, or is she singing about writing about giving him a blowjob in her car? Is she doing the sex act in the car, or is she merely writing about the scenario (which contains the sex act), but isn’t actually performing fellatio on him at that time?
Either way, Mr Bradbury reacted thusly:
For your pleasure, dear readers: Use these!
