Grammer Natzee.
25 Nov
Ofttimes, they are. But this time, i am.
“Eh, this ‘3-Days/2-Nights Vacation‘ wrong grammar right?” I asked one of my colleagues. “It’s like how ‘A 6-years-old girl‘ is wrong. It’s ‘A 6-year-old girl‘, without the S.” I thought of the syntax of similar examples :
A 24-hour shop, not a 24-hours shop. It’s a 24-hour shop that opens 24 hours a day.
Who is she? She’s a 6-year-old girl. How old is she? She’s 6 years old.
A 9-track album. The album has 9 tracks.
A 3-course meal. The meal has 3 courses.
I thought of The Führer, and how his toothbrush moustache had inspired me to be the world’s greatest dictator. It was in my first post where i posed as the Chancellor himself, performing the salute.
The glory felt like mine.
“I think it’s 3 Days 2 Nights Vacation. Eh, wait, i’m confused. Go google.” said one of them.
I actually knew from the beginning that i was right.
It’s ‘A 3-Day/2-Night Vacation.’ Without the S. Because the ‘ 3-Day/2-Night’ phrase is used as an adjective, not as a countable noun.
In English, there are no plural adjectives. In Malaysian Engrish, there will always be Machibai people whom we refer to as Grammar Nazis.
Today, I am one of them.
Machibai! It feels so nice leh.
firdy why u so emo
will u tag me as ur moustache on facebook
oh my.
a good one.
pinkpau : i don’t like people who correct other people’s grammar =(. but i think i’m becoming one of them too. ok la, ok la, i tag u as my moustache ok, hihi =)
real_cranium : huhu, tenkiu =P
hail all grammer natzees!
and to think that one day i’m gonna get paid to be one *eyes shining*
see you just keep looking younger and younger. I dare you to put your photo when you were my age out here to show ppl your trick to longetivititity!
magenta sayang : it’s “wtf *big shiny eyes*”. ur bimbo grammar all wrong. practice more okay, hur hur hur.
chriso : oh yeah loh. thought of putting old pictures of mine too. hihi