Grammar Instructor Gifts

'What's wrong with this?'

'To them, capital punishment means making them use proper capitalization.'

A Puppet Named Juan

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

Campaign for Plain English

My Bookshelf Before the Internet

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

Thru versus Through Traffic

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

Kid in class corrects teachers spelling.

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

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

'The Questioner'

Freind: 'Misspelled, anything helps.'

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

Smith Academy. A Tradition of Excellense.

Wishing Well, Wishing Good.

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

"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."

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

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

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

Lessons in Prehistory.

'Who teaches apostrophe usage?'

"Nuts to you, too."

Dating an English Major

'The definition of OBSOLETE: old fashioned dictionaries.'