Two men strike up a conversation at a bar. The first asks: “Where did you go to school?” The second responds: “Florida Atlantic University.” The first man then asks: “Where is Florida Atlantic University? The second responds: “Florida Atlantic is in Boca Raton,” then follows up: “Where did you go to school? The first man responds: “I went to Harvard.”
The second man inquires: “Where is Harvard at?” The first man replies: “Harvard is in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and, my good man, you should never end a sentence with a preposition.” After giving it some thought, the second man rephrases his question: “Where is Harvard at, a–hole?”
Language is a complicated thing, with all sorts of rules and taboos. You can’t end a sentence with a preposition, or can you? You shouldn’t split infinitives. God forbid your modifier is dangling. How do you feel about double negatives? Do you use apostrophes, hyphens, and semicolons correctly? Do you adhere to the Oxford comma? (Refer to the last sentence for an example of such.)
