The Born Loser by Art and Chip Sansom for February 28, 2013

Who did see that line coming from a mile away?!?

To be that pompous, one should employ proper grammar. It should be “my not wanting your advice,” not “me not wanting your advice.” And if he can’t keep that straight, he could say, “I meant you’re right – I don’t want your advice.”

Ya know, you grammer corrections may be correct but this is a comic, not real life. Also, I have noted that most people in everyday situations do not talk proper grammer, which is their right.

But awgiedawgie’s right: the humor would have escalated had the boss’ speech been grammatically correct.

The purpose of grammar nazis (like me) is to help the rest of you remember that communication is usually enhanced by the proper use of language. Sometimes poor usage is the joke, itself, and that’s fine, but otherwise it’s a sign of either laziness or ignorance. When you have the choice between being right or wrong, why not choose to be right?

i stormed over to the boss’s office the other day and gave him my piece of mind and my advice on how to manage this company……next time, i’ll do it when his office door is open and he’s not out to lunch…next time…….

Yes, I agree that “police” is a much better term.

Regarding “me” vs. “my”, I was going to let that slide as being too picky – I was responding to those who were being critical of awgiedawgie. But since you asked…

Normal people please ignore this -—

About is used as a preposition here. The object is not Veeblefester himself, but rather his position of “not wanting your advice!” I believe that calls for the possessive pronoun – “his” position, or in the first person, “my” position.

In these discussions, I’m often reminded of an english professor I had in college who maintained that there is no such thing as correct english — the only correct and proper english is whatever is accepted where you are.