Cassie's Perfect ... Word

"Reason Why" - Ouch!

I am opposed to redundancy.

When you say the "reason why," it's redundant.

BAD GRAMMAR:  The reason why we're going to kick your butt is that you haven't a clue about this grammar rule.

"Why" are we going to kick your butt?  Reason and why really mean the same thing here.

GOOD GRAMMAR:  The reason we're going to kick your butt is that you haven't a clue about this grammar rule. 

(That "why" in the first example is not necessary.)

Get it?

If not, write to me.

Speak well, and carry a grammatically correct phonetic stick

Spoken language is all about communication.  There’s too much mumbling going on these days.  Too much fast-talking.  Too much abbreviated talk.  Too much misuse and too much abuse.  

Too many people walking around who can’t communicate and whose grammar and phonetics are . . . alright, I’ll say it . . . incorrect.   Now, don’t get me wrong:  I’m a baby boomer, a product of the ‘60s.  So I appreciate a little hip talk, a little slang.  I appreciate Woodstock … and Joe Cocker. 

But this particular video “speaks” volumes about what’s wrong with the spoken English language.  (Thankfully, the Beatles said it all much more succinctly.)

And thank heavens for captioned videos!

via videosift.com

Well . . . .  Maybe it was the mud.  But what did he say?