Good Monday morning to everyone! This is a post to remind everyone about forming contractions of words in English. English allows us to take two words and create a shorter form called a contraction. These forms are seen as less…
It’s Quiz Time Again!
Please remember this is based on the American grammar system; if you follow any of the British systems, your rules might be different. ************** Yes, here’s another quiz (previous one here), which explains why I chose that picture for this…
Apostrophes in Last Names
Apostrophes in last names? Does this picture make you shudder? It should. It shows something that many folks struggle with before deciding to just follow the herd. And we all know how that turns out, especially with lemmings, right? So…
Last (?) Thoughts on Apostrophes
I decided to run these three earlier posts this morning to help those who might not have seen them the first time. Over the last few months, I have doubled my number of LI connections, and I doubt that my…
Quiz!
Over the last few months I have attempted to help everyone (re)learn some of the rules of American grammar, and I hope I’ve succeeded. It seems like a good idea – at least to me – to give you a…
No Apostrophes in Plurals!
I see this time and time again: someone takes an ordinary word and adds an apostrophe and s, thinking the word is now plural. NO. That’s not the way we do it. In English, we create regular plurals of words…
Misplaced Apostrophes – Are You Guilty of This Error?
Does the picture hurt your eyes and mind? Do you recoil with horror, realizing how wrong the writer was? Unfortunately, that writer is in very good – if misguided – company. Every time I teach American grammar to my adult…