Grammar Detective Prints

CHAUCER 411, 'Boy -- that guy spells worse than I do!'

"It's not fair! I only got 100 on my English test!"

"And wot 'ave we 'ere, guv'nor?"

"Look, look … someone wrote unoperable."

A Puppet Named Juan

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

My Bookshelf Before the Internet

I will study my speling words...

A Copy Editor and His Dog

Punctuation Police

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

Someone who knows apostrophes

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

'The Questioner'

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

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

Freind: 'Misspelled, anything helps.'

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."

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

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

Lessons in Prehistory.

'Who teaches apostrophe usage?'

'The definition of OBSOLETE: old fashioned dictionaries.'

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

"Nuts to you, too."

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

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

"So, hw ws yr smmr?"

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

Shakespeare loved a grammar joke

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

"Various entrances to the gates of Hell."

"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."