Semantic Expert Gifts

'I'm afraid it wouldn't work out, Kevin. You say 'data is' and I say 'data are'.'

Someone who knows apostrophes

Wordplay: Nonstarter.

'How do you stop a fish from smelling?'

"Be or be not. There is no question."

"I like an attentive lover, but these feedback forms are ridiculous."

"I was a gainfully employed copy editor. Suddenly, one day, I couldn't tell an em dash from an en dash."

I think that's what they call 'Googling yourself'!

Older woman explains how to see off men with one of her looks

Foundation for the Syntactically Challenged

Tomato's, Cucumber's, Apostrophe's.

An English and French student converse.

'Colourful scenes in central London as the annual pedants' pride parade makes it way into Hyde park.'

"Tip my boy."

"Why 'Black Death'? Why not 'rodent-related'?"

'Yes, a winky face is correct... But in ancient times, the semicolon was actually used to separate archaic written devices known as 'complete sentences.''

The Adventures of Grammar Man

'Warspeak department' making up new military terminology.

My husband is a world expert, but unfortunately it's only on maganese bronze.

Thesaurus Editor, Overseer, Corrector, Improver, Modifier.

'Today we learned if it ain't on Google, it ain't worth knowing.'

"I love the similarities between us. You use irregular verbs, I use irregular verbs."

"I translate books from English into better English."

'Squid? They told me this was CALAMARI!'

"And remember–no more subjunctives where the correct mood is indicative."

"She said it's not me; it's my semicolons."

News. Editor. Like it? It's a new punctuation mark I invented!

Grim Reaper enters classroom where he teaches dead languages.

Let the profit-making begin!

What's in a Terrorist Name?

Apostrophe, Aopstropher, Apostrothem.

'When I ask what our inventory is 'What ever' is not an acceptable answer.'

'You can see concrete things, but not abstract things.'

'I know I am an inverted comma, but I still hate being quoted.'

Teen Owl