And he hasn’t engaged in ipsedixitism; he makes two arguments against the proscription against splitting infinitives. From Wordnik.com. [National Grammar Day 2009: Ten Common Grammar Myths, Debunked « Motivated Grammar] Reference
By the way, I never had a problem with ipsedixitism. From Wordnik.com. [Singular “they” and the many reasons why it’s correct « Motivated Grammar] Reference
April 16, 2009 in books, disagreements, grammar, ipsedixitism, links | Tags: geoff pullum, strunk and white, elements of style, chronicle of higher education | 2 comments. From Wordnik.com. [2009 April « Motivated Grammar] Reference
So let me modify my original statement: Rather than saying your post was nothing more than reheated ipsedixitism, I should say that there was a lot of reheated ipsedixitism in it. From Wordnik.com. [Singular “they” and the many reasons why it’s correct « Motivated Grammar] Reference
Defect of substantial reasons must be compensated somehow; and no compensation for it is more obvious, or is oftener called into play, than an air of impatient contempt towards those who disrelish ipsedixitism. From Wordnik.com. [2010 August « Motivated Grammar] Reference
I don’t like to say this kind of thing normally, but it seems to me that iif either of us is guilty of ipsedixitism, it’s you. From Wordnik.com. [Singular “they” and the many reasons why it’s correct « Motivated Grammar] Reference
ipsedixitism 27. From Wordnik.com. [The no-final-prepositions rule: Not even half right. « Motivated Grammar] Reference
Now that’s ipsedixitism!). From Wordnik.com. [Where are you (at)? « Motivated Grammar] Reference
” those who disrelish ipsedixitism.”. From Wordnik.com. [“Recent exemplifications of false philology” « Motivated Grammar] Reference
October 18, 2008 in grammar, ipsedixitism, politics, style. From Wordnik.com. [One last GLM complaint « Motivated Grammar] Reference
October 18, 2008 in grammar, ipsedixitism, politics, style | 3 comments. From Wordnik.com. [2008 October « Motivated Grammar] Reference
December 21, 2008 in adjectives, argument 2, disagreements, grammar, ipsedixitism, words, writing. From Wordnik.com. [Having defended “five times bigger”, on to “six times lower”! « Motivated Grammar] Reference
December 21, 2008 in adjectives, argument 2, disagreements, grammar, ipsedixitism, words, writing | 11 comments. From Wordnik.com. [2008 December « Motivated Grammar] Reference
December 7, 2008 in animacy, grammar, ipsedixitism, linguistics, pronouns, relative clauses, series, words, writing. From Wordnik.com. [People that need people II: the subject-object distinction « Motivated Grammar] Reference
August 6, 2008 in ONW, educated, grammar, ipsedixitism, languagelog, linguistics, logic, prepositions, speech, words. From Wordnik.com. [Where are you (at)? « Motivated Grammar] Reference
December 7, 2008 in animacy, grammar, ipsedixitism, linguistics, pronouns, relative clauses, series, words, writing | 7 comments. From Wordnik.com. [2008 December « Motivated Grammar] Reference
August 6, 2008 in ONW, educated, grammar, ipsedixitism, languagelog, linguistics, logic, prepositions, speech, words | 24 comments. From Wordnik.com. [2008 August « Motivated Grammar] Reference
July 8, 2009 in grammar, holier-than-thou, humor, ipsedixitism | Tags: comics, decline, eats shoots and leaves, idiocracy, texting, xkcd. From Wordnik.com. [xkcd hits the right notes « Motivated Grammar] Reference
January 26, 2010 in books, disagreements, holier-than-thou, ipsedixitism, philosophy | Tags: etiquette, miss manners, soup spoon, spaghetti. From Wordnik.com. [Show some evidence! « Motivated Grammar] Reference
January 26, 2010 in books, disagreements, holier-than-thou, ipsedixitism, philosophy | Tags: etiquette, miss manners, soup spoon, spaghetti | 12 comments. From Wordnik.com. [2010 January « Motivated Grammar] Reference
April 16, 2009 in books, disagreements, grammar, ipsedixitism, links | Tags: chronicle of higher education, elements of style, geoff pullum, strunk and white. From Wordnik.com. [Why I aspire to be Geoffrey Pullum when I grow up « Motivated Grammar] Reference
February 4, 2010 in English, adverbs, grammar, holier-than-thou, ipsedixitism, pronouns, speech, style, writing | Tags: dates, dead body, nagg, slow, tom torriglia. From Wordnik.com. [Tom Torriglia is going to have a best-seller « Motivated Grammar] Reference
August 10, 2010 in English, books, educated, grammar, history, ipsedixitism, philosophy, writing | Tags: fitzedward hall, google books, philology, victorian literature. From Wordnik.com. [“Recent exemplifications of false philology” « Motivated Grammar] Reference
September 15, 2010 in English, bad arguments, blogs, grammar, history, ipsedixitism, philosophy | Tags: Bernard Lamb, interview, Queen's English Society, The Economist. From Wordnik.com. [Evidence? Bah. « Motivated Grammar] Reference
December 20, 2009 in English, educated, errors, grammar, ipsedixitism, philosophy, tests, writing | Tags: awkwardness, david foster wallace, split infinitives, worksheet. From Wordnik.com. [Led astray by the no-split-infinitives fetish « Motivated Grammar] Reference
July 26, 2010 in English, abbreviations, bad arguments, disagreements, etymology, grammar, ipsedixitism, logic, portmanteau, vowels, words, writing | Tags: Mrs., miss, Ms. From Wordnik.com. [“Ms.”-ing the point « Motivated Grammar] Reference
July 1, 2009 in adverbs, books, grammar, ipsedixitism, logic, spaces, spelling, words, writing | Tags: abusage, all right, alright, eric partridge, usage, usage and abusage. From Wordnik.com. [The pot calling the kettle illogical « Motivated Grammar] Reference
February 4, 2010 in English, adverbs, grammar, holier-than-thou, ipsedixitism, pronouns, speech, style, writing | Tags: dates, dead body, nagg, slow, tom torriglia | 11 comments. From Wordnik.com. [2010 February « Motivated Grammar] Reference
September 15, 2010 in English, bad arguments, blogs, grammar, history, ipsedixitism, philosophy | Tags: Queen's English Society, Bernard Lamb, The Economist, interview | 17 comments. From Wordnik.com. [2010 September « Motivated Grammar] Reference
December 20, 2009 in English, educated, errors, grammar, ipsedixitism, philosophy, tests, writing | Tags: awkwardness, david foster wallace, split infinitives, worksheet | 26 comments. From Wordnik.com. [2009 December « Motivated Grammar] Reference
March 31, 2009 in adjectives, adverbs, grammar, history, ipsedixitism, quantification, words, writing | Tags: robert hartwell fiske, one of the only, richard lederer, only two, absurdity. From Wordnik.com. [Are they trying to misunderstand what people say? « Motivated Grammar] Reference
February 23, 2009 in English, animacy, apostrophes, grammar, idioms, ipsedixitism, possessives, punctuation, series, writing | Tags: 's, animates, inanimates, Land's End, possession | 3 comments. From Wordnik.com. [2009 February « Motivated Grammar] Reference
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