Tuesday, February 27, 2007

in defense of crappy grammar

Today I would like to argue in favor of "where are you at," largely because I have started catching myself saying it and feel sheepish, but in some measure because I also feel it has a place in our lexicon.

Caveat: it should only be used figuratively and should never allude to a geographical location.

Acceptable: "Cummings! Where are we at on the creation of that Doomsday device?"

Unacceptable: "Winn Dixie? Where's that at?"

Thank you.

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