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A Question For My Fellow Grammar Nazi's2 comments

Heidi wrote 40 minutes ago: This may make me sound a little grammar illiterate, which people assume us writers are NOT but hey I … more →

Tags: Daily Rambling, writing, Critique, Problems, Advice, Grammar

"Why is it called 'punctuation'?"

Shala Howell wrote 9 hours ago: Ben Jonson loved the colon so much he incorporated it into his signature. (Image via Michael Prescot … more →

Tags: Linguistics, Ben Jonson, Chaucer, why is it called punctuation

Run-on Sentences

ramblesofawriter wrote 15 hours ago: Most of us don’t give much thought to the humble comma. It’s just something we scatter a … more →

Tags: Bill Bryson, Bad writing, Good Writing, Writing Advice, comma, Full Stop, Period

Editing Newspaper Stories Ready for Publication

fredgraphicdesignwords wrote 1 day ago: Before publication, stories in newspapers are edited, polished until they gleam – with mistakes iden … more →

Tags: Journalism, copy editing, Production, House Style, top table, down-table, Desks, News editor, Revise

Punctuation

Primary Lessons Hong Kong wrote 2 days ago: Who said that? Look at this passage. Then fill in where the speech marks should go. Not again, Alex … more →

Blog Entry The Third:

lvacousins wrote 2 days ago: While I’m waiting for feedback so I can do another re-write, I’ve started work on the th … more →

Tags: writing, Writing #2, Literature, Dialogue, rabbit

Comma Chameleon

The Elitist Semicolon wrote 3 days ago: The New York Times’s Ben Yagoda explains how to use commas. … more →

Tags: writing, Links, Grammar, commas

Rep David Howard: Bad Speller, Homophobe8 comments

D Gregory Smith wrote 3 days ago: Rep David Howard (R, Park City), notorious bad speller and apostrophe misuser  has done it again- us … more →

Tags: LGBT, montana politics, ANGELS, Angles, Bigotry, David Howard, facebook, Grammar, Montaña

Notable Quotable #12

bookpolygamist wrote 3 days ago: Excitement widened in her eyes like periods at the end of billboard sentences. Commas of excitement … more →

Tags: Notable Quotable, Humor, Notable Quotables, Excitement

Between Two Campaigners

Gabriel wrote 4 days ago: In response to a short series of emails that began earlier today, I present the following … more →

Tags: Between Two Campaigners, Comedy, Farts, Funny, Grammar, hilarious, Humor, humour, poopies

A Punctuation PSA4 comments

Leila wrote 4 days ago: I seem to be getting over my punctuation brain farts. Watch, the Universe is about to kick me in the … more →

Tags: writing, Leila Gaskin, Editing

Fri, May 25

Rene Peterson wrote 4 days ago: Note:  We did not have 1st or 2nd period due to a Spirit Assembly Eaglebook:  Plan out homework, les … more →

Tags: Classwork, Homework, Grammar

Punctuation in Process: 'this tytty tytty a the tongue'

c k ash wrote 4 days ago: The Three Versions QUARTO: Yonder comes some one, hem: Skink to your trickes this tytty tytty, a the … more →

Tags: Text Work, Speaker vs. Reader, OED, Look About You, skink, hazlitt, Quarto, Stammer

Information Writing for Dummies2 comments

vvinton wrote 4 days ago: Frequently as I look at the Common Core Standards for writing with teachers, a question keeps croppi … more →

Tags: writing, Teaching, Reflecting, Assessments, common core standards, Craft, Creative Nonfiction, Details, Genre

Thurs, May 24

Rene Peterson wrote 5 days ago: Learning Target:  I can use basic punctuation and grammar correctly and demonstrate my ability on a … more →

Tags: Classwork, Homework, Grammar

The Uprising of Punctuation11 comments

mozalini wrote 5 days ago: A lifetime as a victim of over-use, Punctuation’s rebelling after years of abuse. Take a look, … more →

Tags: Uncategorized

Blogger asks: 'Pattern of errors?'

Laura wrote 5 days ago: Is this misplaced question mark part of a pattern of errors on the Yahoo! front page? Yes, yes it is … more →

Tags: question marks, Quotation Marks, Question Mark, quotation mark, Yahoo, incorrect punctuation, Yahoo! front page, punctuation errors, punctuation mistakes

Angela's ABCs4 comments

talkaholics wrote 5 days ago: Capital Letters To use or not to use, that is the question The basic rule nowadays is: the fewer cap … more →

Tags: English language, punctuation

It's not YOUR, it's YOU'RE1 comment

Joanna wrote 6 days ago: You were never the high school kid that was great at writing essays. That’s okay. You are not … more →

Tags: Blog, Common grammar mistakes, English 101, facebook status updates, Grammar Nazi, spelling


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