Words We Confuse that Spellcheckers Miss, Part F
Moving on to homophones that start with f. I hope these continue to be helpful. It’s amazing how many of these confused spelling words you can find when you start looking for them.
Read MoreTeachers Prank Students Dance Video
I can’t help it. I know this blog is supposed to be about writing and language, but sometimes I just can’t help sharing very loosely related stuff that amuses me. This is on of those posts.
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A Rube Goldberg Page Turner
I realize that this video only remotely relates to writing, grammar and/or language — the stated topics of this blog. But I just couldn’t help sharing it. One of my daughters and I watched it together this morning and literally LOLed.
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A Taylor Mali Poem for Parents and Other Grammar Police
Last year, I wrote on the challenge I face being both an English teacher/grammar stickler and a parent of teenagers. I feel an obligation, as all parents should, to help my children communicate well — to avoid the likes and ums and pronoun case errors that so abound in teenage conversation. But I also want my kids to know their dad listens to what they say, not just how they say it.
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What a Comma Splice Is and How to Fix It
I just read this sentence on a student paper:
“Everybody is different, throughout history, though, stereotypes have caused big problems.”
This is an example of a common problem among young writers: the comma splice. Let’s take a look at what a comma splice is and how to fix it.
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