As a grammar Nazi (and proud of it) I had to share this post! Thank you, Quirky Girl!
There, they’re, their.
March 4th is National Grammar Day!
I know you’re all as excited as I am!
Just think – a whole day dedicated to proper use of grammar!
Grammar Day was created in 2008 by Martha Brockenbrough, founder of the Society for the Promotion of Good Grammar, to promote awareness and understanding of proper grammar.
For the logophiles among us, the Global Language Monitor estimates the number of words in the English language to be approximately 1,025,109.
That’s a lot of words one could possibly mess up.
That’s right.
A lot.
Not alot.
They’re two separate words.
Two!!!
In honor of National Grammar Day, let’s have some fun with grammar, shall we?
(I rest my case.)
(I completely understand. I feel equally as passionate about this mix-up.)
(Hahaha! Get it? Oh, never mind…)
(I’m sorry… and you’re welcome.)
(People who use commas properly are statistically less…
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And of course, check out The Oatmeal’s: http://theoatmeal.com/comics/misspelling
and Hyperbole and a Half’s: http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2010/04/alot-is-better-than-you-at-everything.html
I love these both alot and their the best sites and I recommend reading them to. 😉
Happy Grammar Day!
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Thank you!
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Just writing that bad grammar sentence hurt my brain!
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I know what you mean! I had to take Excedrin after writing that way!
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I love this 😂
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Thank you for this one! Your (sic!) are not the only Grammar Nazi around. I routinely cry over student papers, and my students are future teachers!
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That’s a little frightening that future teachers have such poor grammar.
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It is more than a little frightening that they don’t even care to press a button on their computers to do a spellcheck. The prevailing attitude is that it is not important.
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When I worked for the school district in my younger days I got in trouble for being “too tough” on the spelling and grammar of 5th graders. Oy.
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I have been told that my English is a learned, rather than a naturally acquired, language, so I know all the rules but cannot expect a “natural language carrier” to be able to learn them all. I’ll take the 5th on this – no comment.
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What a dubious excuse for them.
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The tragedy of it is that the excuse is invented not by students, but by those “higher up” who put pressure on professors to inflate grades in order to increase enrollment, as if it has ever helped!
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And we’ll suffer the consequences forever.
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Oh yes, because the phenomenon is not specifically affecting language skills. I am grateful I am not a math professor!
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Oh, math and hard sciences are dead now. I weep for the future.
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And I don’t. I truly believe that He will straighten this mess out in His own good time. Meanwhile, we are allowed to gripe.
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I just say griping keeps me off the streets at night.
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Otherwise you would be an “Annie-get-your-gun” girl?
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I’d probably end up hanging out in the park and get arrested for being there after dark. I’m a wild one! lol
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That’s why I love you! I am a wild one myself, but you’ve probably gathered that already.
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And that’s why I love you!
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Happy Women’s Day!
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Happy Women’s Day!
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🙂
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Nothing wrong with a bit of grammar Nazism 🙂
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I agree!
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YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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So….you’re saying you approve of this post? Don’t be so ambiguous.
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Oh gosh this cracked me up! Two things that bug me is when I see “without further adieu”…it’s “ado”, not “adieu”. The word “definitely” is also one that is commonly misspelled. There is a website dedicated to the spelling of the word: http://www.d-e-f-i-n-i-t-e-l-y.com/
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I don’t understand people who use bad grammar and spelling in an age with spell check!
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