THE ANARCHIST'S GUIDE TO GRAMMAR: Plethora of Prepositions

Friday, September 9, 2011

Plethora of Prepositions

Those dratted little prepositions are causing a ruckus in the land of grammar. Too many become useless:

“Take your hands off of me!”

“He went on in without permission.”

“She looked down under the table for her marble.”

Remove the underlined words and ease the reliance on extraneous prepositions.

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About the Grammar Anarchist

The Grammar Anarchist is a published author of books on language, an editor working with other writers, and a writing instructor (not a teacher, who can "teach" writing?) She toils from a dust-free computerized location in the Northwest (free of urban intervention).

The Grammar Anarchist has put up with the bad language habits that are running rampant in the U.S. and has pledged to do away with (destroy, eliminate, terminate, undo, get rid of) those who insist on trying to force "rules" on unsuspecting writers.

A friendly Anarchist, she is willing to help the ungrammarized to clean up their acts, exercise their control over language, and live unfettered lives of happy communication.

No words have been (or will be) harmed in the execution of this exercise.