Poor grammar is disappointing and decidedly distracting in formal audio reviews.


I find the majority of formal audio reviews across numerous publications to be easy reads.  However, I can barely put together a coherent thought when reading anything by Jason Kennedy, editor of the-ear.net.  It is as if he does not understand the limitation of use of a comma.  Do the English really have that much of a different implementation of the english language versus Americans?  Does anybody else struggle to read certain editors' work?
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Ha-Ha! As professor, I can tell you that "grammatically correct" English is way over.

Any combination of words and punctuation is now considered proper. People who are "edumacated" are viewed as "elites" and "snobs" and are thought to be subversives in today’s "I am a whole lot dumber than you are" competition.

I think it is funny. I devoted my life to helping people communicate effectively, but today, a giant gun and a smart phone (guess they sprung full blown from an egg or something) is considered to be all you need to "communicate" with others.

Soon, we will be a two-part country--those with an education like, oh, I don’t know, your DOCTOR, (who is an elitist snob who don’t no nothin’), and everyone else, who are the "real people" on the planet--they "keep it real," you know. No high-highfalutin’ talkin’ ’round here. We gotta get down in the gutter 'cause that’s REAL LIFE, baby.

We deserve whatever climate change, fast food, and stupidity bring us, sorry to say.

Oh, and as we found out during the pandemic, ANYONE can teach, so paying for teachers and schools is dumb. We should shut down all schools and school programs other than those that teach you how to make, steal ,whatever, as much MONEY as possible. Why else are you on the Earth other than to be a billionaire no matter what you have to do? Money is more important than ANYTHING, right?

Happy "Independence Day!"
Thanks to those who mentioned my comment.

In case others think I am wrong, our former governor and legislature wanted to reduce or eliminate state scholarships to state universities for those star A+ 4.0 students who qualify IF they do not major in a money-making subject.  As he stated, "We don't need any more anthropology majors."

(HINT:  His DAUGHTER majored in anthropology.  Guess blood is NOT thicker than a wad of bills slipped into your pocket at a "fund raiser.")

This genius, who committed the largest medicare fraud in history, is now one of our Senators.  The bigger the thief, the more likely you are to be elected in our state, anyway.  He will run for President, I am sure, and may win.  Why not?  Money talks louder than grammatically correct usage any day.

Oh, he has over $250 million dollars in the bank, so fraud pays, but hey, he is NOT an elitist.  How could he be as a former master thief?  All he cares about are the "little people."  You believe that, right?  Right!

Cheers!
I suppose I should follow my own personal rule and never complain without offering a solution.  I posted TWO "complaints" already on this thread, so I owe at least ONE solution. 

I prefer this one, but there are a couple of others around as well:

The Gregg Reference Manual: A Manual of Style, Grammar, Usage, and Formatting
Tribute Edition: Tribute Edition (Gregg Reference Manual (Paperback))

by William Sabin | Mar 1, 2010
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