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.' "

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

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...

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

School Cafeteria. It's the start of the school year. The Geometry teacher will come by to verify that we're serving truly square meals. The grammar teacher says the alphabet soup is runny and needs some punctuation added. History teachers keep a record of all the past meals and so will notice any leftovers being served. And the computer lab staff expressed concern about all the cookies so the astronomy teacher suggested switching to candy for dessert. I'll bet she thinks Starburst and Milk

A Copy Editor and His Dog

Punctuation Police

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?

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

'The Questioner'

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

"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!'

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."

Wishing Well, Wishing Good.

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

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

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

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

'Who teaches apostrophe usage?'

"Nuts to you, too."

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

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

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