Grammarians Gifts

'Without the comma, colons and semi-colons would rise up to oppress us.'

"Hey, Al! Do we hyphenate 'Doo Hickey?'"

It's Claus Not Clause

"I know it's a big ask but try not to use nouns as if they were verbs."

A Puppet Named Juan

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

'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?

Freind: 'Misspelled, anything helps.'

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

'The Questioner'

'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."

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

Wishing Well, Wishing Good.

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

"Nuts to you, too."

Dating an English Major

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

'Who teaches apostrophe usage?'

Lessons in Prehistory.

'The definition of OBSOLETE: old fashioned dictionaries.'

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

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