What's better than bar jokes for English majors, grammar nerds and writers? When they also serve as mini grammar lessons! These jokes are all over the internet, and unfortunately I couldn't find the author. But here they are for you, with my lessons. A dangling participle walks into a bar. Enjoying a cocktail and chatting with the bartender, the evening passes pleasantly. A dangling participle … [Read more...]
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Proper use of “I” and “Me” – Grammar Basics
The photo is of my parents and I at a backyard wedding. Does that sentence sound wrong? If you're not sure, how about this one: My in-laws joined my wife, our children and I for a big holiday dinner. They are both wrong. In these sentences, me should have been used for I. Correct: The photo is of my parents and me at a backyard wedding. Correct: My in-laws joined my wife, … [Read more...]
What, Why, How: Maryann Miller
What? Hello, my name is Maryann, and I’m addicted to writing. It started when I was about ten years old and had just finished reading a charming book about Lassie written by Albert Payson Terhune. After closing the book, I turned to my friend who was reading with me and said, “Let’s write stories like this.” My first story wasn’t about a dog. It was about a horse, and The Call of the Wild … [Read more...]
Text me. or text me
Don't sweat punctuation… Michelle Markowitz, co-author of Hey Ladies!: The Story of 8 Best Friends, 1 Year, and Way, Way Too Many Emails, a book about off-the-rails group messages, is quoted in the WaPo: "We’re done fighting over capital letters and punctuation. Sorry, sticklers — this ship has sailed. A good text makes sense to its recipient, but that shouldn’t require consulting an SAT … [Read more...]
English Words We Often Mispronounce
Talk to the hand... English is a weird and complicated language. Even the most fluent speakers get tripped up pronouncing certain words on occasion (don't get me started on written grammar!) Perfect speech isn't really a thing. I came across an amusing post on Babbel of twelve words that even seasoned speakers mispronounce. See how well you do with them! The Tricky Twelve 1. … [Read more...]
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