Parting words for today –

Tomorrow, March 4, is National Grammar Day! Hooray! Do you think we could institute something similar in Israel?

3 comments:

Perry said...

Unfortunately, some of those who shape the use of language in this country (people who appear on the tembelvision) are unaware of grammar. I mean in terms of correct usage - the ubiquitous "ot'chem" instead of "et'chem", and its relative, "otaich" instead of "otach."

Nina Rimon Davis said...

That's one of the reasons I don't watch the "tembelvision"... It hurts my dainty ears :-)

Unknown said...

Let's not overlook the Net (esp. talkback), which is chock-full of these morsels:
כנסו instead of היכנסו
and the whole 1st-person future form fiasco, e.g. אני ילך/יקח/ילמד
etc. etc. ad absurdum.

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