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.' "

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

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

My Bookshelf Before the Internet

I will study my speling words...

Thru versus Through Traffic

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

Punctuation Police

A Copy Editor and His Dog

'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?

Freind: 'Misspelled, anything helps.'

"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!'

'The Questioner'

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

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.

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

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

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

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

'The definition of OBSOLETE: old fashioned dictionaries.'

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

"Nuts to you, too."

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