# Grammar Cartoon **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 29, 2012, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grammar-cartoon/617099 "2012-03-29T00:34:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![maggenpye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecc23a/32.png) [@maggenpye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maggenpye)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2012, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grammar-cartoon/617099/1 "2012-03-29T00:34:26Z")
[Grammar Allergy](http://i.imgur.com/0oBVs.jpg) It seems tailor made for Dopers I searched and couldn’t find it, but my apologies in advance if this has been posted before. ---
**Author:** ![psychonaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/psychonaut/32/4655_2.png) [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2012, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grammar-cartoon/617099/2 "2012-03-29T10:23:59Z")
Nice, but why not link to [the original strip](http://www.explosm.net/comics/2712/) instead of a tiny reproduction on some image hosting site? ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2012, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grammar-cartoon/617099/3 "2012-03-29T12:31:43Z")
I laughed. And then posted both on FB and Twitter. ETA: and then moved the thread from CS to MPSIMS. ---
**Author:** ![maggenpye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecc23a/32.png) [@maggenpye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maggenpye)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2012, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grammar-cartoon/617099/4 "2012-03-29T19:17:29Z")
> [@psychonaut](#): > > Nice, but why not link to [the original strip](http://www.explosm.net/comics/2712/) instead of a tiny reproduction on some image hosting site? Because I didn’t find it at there and my link opens at the same size as yours on my browser? Twickster: Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2012, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grammar-cartoon/617099/5 "2012-03-30T18:44:59Z")
> [@maggenpye](#): > > Because I didn’t find it at there and my link opens at the same size as yours on my browser? This sentence is even funnier than the OP. ---
**Author:** ![maggenpye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecc23a/32.png) [@maggenpye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maggenpye)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2012, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grammar-cartoon/617099/6 "2012-03-30T23:28:09Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > This sentence is even funnier than the OP. Let’s call it irony. ---
**Author:** ![Kenm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bc79bd/32.png) [@Kenm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kenm)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2012, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grammar-cartoon/617099/7 "2012-03-31T14:57:09Z")
There should be a comma after God. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2012, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grammar-cartoon/617099/8 "2012-03-31T15:09:35Z")
Spelling errors aren’t grammatical errors. ---
**Author:** ![6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/6/e19adc/32.png) [@6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2012, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grammar-cartoon/617099/9 "2012-03-31T15:35:46Z")
There \*are \*no spelling errors. Just grammatical ones. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2012, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grammar-cartoon/617099/10 "2012-03-31T16:55:56Z")
> [@6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](#): > > There \*are \*no spelling errors. > > Just grammatical ones. True, but a lot of them would be impossible to detect in speech. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2012, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grammar-cartoon/617099/11 "2012-03-31T17:49:44Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > True, but a lot of them would be impossible to detect in speech. Not if you’re speaking in word balloons. ---
**Author:** ![Pseudocode](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/59ef9b/32.png) [@Pseudocode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pseudocode)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2012, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grammar-cartoon/617099/12 "2012-04-01T04:11:51Z")
If you are a fan of grammar comics, check out [these](http://boggletondrive.com/grammar-comics/) as well. ---
**Author:** ![maggenpye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecc23a/32.png) [@maggenpye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maggenpye)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2012, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grammar-cartoon/617099/13 "2012-04-01T04:56:57Z")
> [@Pseudocode](#): > > If you are a fan of grammar comics, check out [these](http://boggletondrive.com/grammar-comics/) as well. Thanks. I’ll share these with the writer’s group. Our self described grammar-nazi needs something new to pick at. ---
**Author:** ![Boggleton\_Drive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/97f17d/32.png) [@Boggleton\_Drive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boggleton_Drive)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2012, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grammar-cartoon/617099/14 "2012-04-01T20:57:17Z")
Hey, thanks for linking my comics. I’m glad you did, because it brought me to these message boards — they definitely look interesting. Think I’ll stick around a while. - Matt ---
**Author:** ![maggenpye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecc23a/32.png) [@maggenpye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maggenpye)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2012, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grammar-cartoon/617099/15 "2012-04-01T21:51:58Z")
Welcome. I really enjoyed your comics. Mind you, anything referencing Cookie Monster is off to a good start with me. ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2012, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grammar-cartoon/617099/16 "2012-04-01T22:18:16Z")
> [@Boggleton\_Drive](#): > > Hey, thanks for linking my comics. I’m glad you did, because it brought me to these message boards — they definitely look interesting. Think I’ll stick around a while. - Matt Make sure to get all your corn comics in today..we’re a bit like Brigadoon. It’ll look like a different place tomorrow. I’m glad **Pseudocode** linked to them too..there is some good stuff there! Misuse of the word “literal” is one of my pet peeves. \*I have a few peeves. I keep them in an aquarium. -Popcorn is the new Kernel ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2012, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grammar-cartoon/617099/17 "2012-04-01T22:20:52Z")
> [@Boggleton\_Drive](#): > > Hey, thanks for linking my comics. I’m glad you did, because it brought me to these message boards — they definitely look interesting. Think I’ll stick around a while. - Matt Welcome to the SDMB. The initiation committee will be along shortly. Please stand over there \ and put on this blindfold. I promise that this won’t hurt a bit. Right, whose turn is it to fetch Mariah? ---
**Author:** ![Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Attack_from_the_3rd_dimension)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2012, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grammar-cartoon/617099/18 "2012-04-01T23:11:21Z")
Mariah, Mariah, they caaaaall the squuuuuid Mariah. ♫ ♫ ---
**Author:** ![Boggleton\_Drive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/97f17d/32.png) [@Boggleton\_Drive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boggleton_Drive)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2012, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grammar-cartoon/617099/19 "2012-04-01T23:26:02Z")
Initiation? Squid? Committee? Blindfold? Oh boy… I’m having flashbacks. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2012, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grammar-cartoon/617099/20 "2012-04-01T23:49:36Z")
And the goat. We mustn’t forget the goat.