I'm not usually one to pick on a person's spoken grammar too harshly. If one were to transcribe everything I've said out loud, I'm sure I'd be quite embarrassed. However, some spoken grammar transgressions are too egregious to ignore: when sentences cease to adhere to the basic subject-predicate format, looping about endlessly with phrases and clauses dangling in the ether, you no longer deserve the benefit of the doubt. Enter Sarah Palin. This amusing Slate article attempts to diagram some of Palin's most colorful interview answers to date. Perhaps Palin's nervousness caused this verbal diarrhea; perhaps these words represent a lame attempt to include every political buzzword in each response; perhaps they are a reflection of a confused mind. Regardless of whether you agree with the "content" of her answers, grammar enthusiasts should concur that these sentences stray quite far from the acceptable limits of the English language.
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