Tuesday, October 16, 2012

From the Seton Hall Setonian.

Dear Editor,

Can I kiss you? Your response is irrelevant; I’m actually not asking your permission at all.

“But wait,” you say, “isn’t that what that event by the same name is about?” Read it over again.

If you’re still not getting it, consider yourself lucky to have passed English 1201.

The on-campus event called “Can I Kiss You,” which has been running since I’ve been here, has existed without anyone pointing out any major faux pas in the grammar of the title.

However, perhaps a more accurate title for the event should be “May I Kiss You?” because, well, it’s about consent.


The Rest of This.

3 comments:

  1. I used to hate "grammar police" students. Now I only see one a year.

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  2. And that's one too many. Using "can" to ask permission is perfectly OK.

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  3. If I had to read more than one college newspaper, I'd blow my brains out. I'm a faculty advisor here. Oh dear God the crap I try to fix and the crap I miss.

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