The Truth About English Grammar by Geoffrey K Pullum review the pants rule and other pipe dreams

Pullum challenges conventional grammar rules, offering alternative viewpoints on parts of speech and grammar concepts, dismissing traditional ideas as 'hopeless and a muddle.'

Pullum questions the objective taxonomy of language and challenges established grammar norms, reclassifying terms like 'conjunctions' and insisting on new terminology like 'coordinators.'

Pullum defends language nuances like passive voice, split infinitives, and dangling participles, criticizing rigid grammar norms created by recent 'grammar constables.'

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