Why Do We Associate the Word Like with Stupidity, and Why Are We Wrong?
Consider the following conversation: A: “Yesterday was, like, the worst day of my life. I got home from work around five-thirty and I was, like, so hungry so I went to the fridge to make a sandwich but when I opened the door there was, like, a whole family of mice inside! I, like, died […]
The Fallacy of Proper Grammar
News host Laura Ingraham recently brought grammar into the political spotlight during a segment in which she criticized NBA players LeBron James and Kevin Durant for a conversation they had about politics. What Ingraham criticized in this instance was not only what they said, but how they said it, calling the conversation “ungrammatical.” Ingraham’s comments […]