Discuss Honey, I Shrunk the Kids
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The title is grammatically incorrect...
posted by PhasmophobiaSTAFFMOD on April 24, 2017 at 10:40 PM
The title should either be Honey, I Shrank the Kids or Honey, I've Shrunk the Kids.
Reply by DRDMovieMusings
on April 24, 2017 at 11:13 PM
"Think different."
Reply by VinTinKin
on December 19, 2017 at 3:37 PM
The Grand Ole Opry called.
They want their English teacher back.
Reply by DRDMovieMusings
on December 19, 2017 at 4:05 PM
I will concede that a scientific, engineering type of inventor might be expected to have better command of the language...but I've met enough scientific, engineering type people to know that that expectation is not highly realistic and, in the scenario of this movie, the comfortable, colloquial approach is more accessible to the target audience.
It's a silly feel-good family movie, not a dissertation or grad level lecture.
Reply by Dark_Sithlord
on December 19, 2017 at 11:33 PM
It may be grammatically incorrect, but it is generally accepted because it is the title of a creative work. Artistic license entitles the creator to title his/her work any way he/she pleases.
Reply by DRDMovieMusings
on December 20, 2017 at 12:38 AM
Right?! You mean, like Pet Sematary, or The Pursuit of Happyness, or...??
Yeah, I think we're done here.
Reply by A-Dubya
on February 24, 2019 at 3:03 AM
Good point, I've never thunk about it though. ;)
Reply by wonder2wonder
on February 24, 2019 at 5:09 AM
And that's not the only 'accepted' change.
ON LANGUAGE; How 'Shrunk' Snuck In