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Wax in my grammar ear - or someone else’s?

:: Friday, Sep 8th 2006 @ 22:26 :: Language ::

Suddenly this started to bother me a lot. I surf to WordPress.com and on the front page it says: “Why Blog? All the cool kids are.”

That doesn’t make sense, does it? All the cool kids are blogs? Is this correct language in some young and hip native-English speaker sort of way that is designed to baffle the non-natives, or should it in fact be “All the cool kids do.”? In my mind, ‘are’ requires a gerund: “Why should I be blogging? All the cool kids are!”

There isn’t (luckily?) a “Click here to nitpick” link on the site, so I’ll just complain about it here. :)

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  • 1

    Well, when you change it to “why should I be blogging”, then “all the cool kids are [blogging]” works. But “why blog” should be “all the cool kids do”. They obviously don’t have any editors who know the difference. :evil:

    Comment by jafer — Sep 9 @ 16:39

  • 2

    Ah, feels great to know I’m right! :laugh:

    Comment by Minna — Sep 11 @ 20:26

  • 3

    Heh. A nitpicker after my own heart…

    Comment by Much More Than A Mom — Sep 11 @ 23:23

  • 4

    Thanks for stopping by, MMTAM! :)

    Comment by Minna — Sep 13 @ 19:44

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