English Grammar Prints

Punctuation being forgotten - say linguist's.

A Puppet Named Juan

"In the first place, it isn't "maddening crowd.' It's 'madding crowd.' "

Hey, calm down --- Now, what did you say again?

'Darling I want you to remember this always,,,'

My Bookshelf Before the Internet

I will study my speling words...

Thru versus Through Traffic

Punctuation Police

'Why can't we have a texting bee?'

A Copy Editor and His Dog

Someone who knows apostrophes

Kid in class corrects teachers spelling.

"You've got to learn about verbs. How else are you going to verbalize your feelings?

"No, I really thought each sentence ended with an emoji!"

'The Questioner'

"There's only one 'L' in colosseum."

'What amazes me most is that years ago I couldn't even spell teacher - now I are one!'

'Roget it's fantastic, superb, extraordinary...where on earth did you get the idea?'

Miss, how do you spell "acceptable"? I've Googled every "e" and can't find it.

Freind: 'Misspelled, anything helps.'

Smith Academy. A Tradition of Excellense.

"I try to write a little bit every day."

"I know its hard to believe right now, Lawrence, but some day you'll thank me for asking you to punctuate your sentences correctly."

Wishing Well, Wishing Good.

"He's sworn never to say Boudicca, ShrOwsbury, whoM, or narrative."

'Curious how all four previous employers spelt 'exceptional' with just an 'x'.'

Conflating Science and Grammar. The boy threw the ball. What grammatical role does "ball" play in this sentence? An object in motion!

I'm not saying I'm not a hound dog. I'm saying I'm not nothing but a hound dog.

"Nuts to you, too."

'The definition of OBSOLETE: old fashioned dictionaries.'

Personnel - "This letter of recommendation is full of misspellings!"

Dating an English Major

'Who teaches apostrophe usage?'

"I know! I know! I K-n-o-w!. . . Um, what was the question?"