Grammar Aficionados Gifts

"No! That's no right! Remember to always use spell check."

My Bookshelf Before the Internet

I will study my speling words...

Punctuation Police

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

Someone who knows apostrophes

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

Smith Academy. A Tradition of Excellense.

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

'The definition of OBSOLETE: old fashioned dictionaries.'

Lessons in Prehistory.

"Sorry I'm late. I overslept." "Is that even a real word?"

"Nuts to you, too."

"Let's fall in love and live in the subjunctive."

"So, hw ws yr smmr?"

'I made a good grade in creative writing, but I didn't do very well in creative spelling.'

Contemporary English Lesson: The Cat was Sat on the Mat.

"You can use the alphabet to text. You can use the alphabet to tweet. Why can't you use the alphabet to spell?"

"You have no idea what it's like to be a 'just between you and me' person in a 'just between you and I' world."

Harv's general clumsiness with prepositions comes back to haunt him.

"I've just invented the question mark."

'I hope you ain't got no tax up here!'

"Today I came across antiderenuclearizationalityness."

Sometimes Y Turn

Ironing Punctuation

The First Sentence Fragment: 'Hey, don't -'

"We're developing a plan to fix this."

THE REPORT: Some of this is brilliant, but that can be fixed.

'In today's market hyperbole was up sharply. Similes and metaphors held relatively steady with euphemisms hitting another record low.'

Fred interpreted the word compact as a verb, not as an adjective.

'Do it write the first time.'

"If you want to sing in our band, you'll have to overcome your fear of using double negatives."