tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1686467686335484826.post882749532222968264..comments2023-10-22T02:31:42.812-07:00Comments on grit's day: Let's nail the languageUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1686467686335484826.post-14369256344784121862013-07-13T14:13:02.314-07:002013-07-13T14:13:02.314-07:00i order the commas about, irene; this works until ...i order the commas about, irene; this works until i meet someone who gives them a different order and then i am afraid we colonels in charge just have to resort to blows to sort out our differences.<br /><br />...i am telling you a secret here, ann. the grammar rules are *made up.*Grithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14022216340604423686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1686467686335484826.post-45031817848032776942013-07-13T04:05:14.060-07:002013-07-13T04:05:14.060-07:00Now I'm confused. I never could get to grips ...Now I'm confused. I never could get to grips with grammar and now there's new grammar rules, what!?<br /><br />PS what's a verb? (only kidding!)www.retiredandcrazy.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12130398756223000765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1686467686335484826.post-56189155328834179982013-07-11T04:01:02.780-07:002013-07-11T04:01:02.780-07:00Luckily, when I was taught English, I learned very...Luckily, when I was taught English, I learned very few grammar rules and have had to invent the wheel all on my own. I think I get it right half of the time and am forgiven because I am a foreigner. Commas tend to confuse me. Irenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05043376053971475659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1686467686335484826.post-67982368823224333352013-07-10T11:41:56.335-07:002013-07-10T11:41:56.335-07:00is your writing better without the 'that'?...is your writing better without the 'that'? and sticking your verbs up front is a rule i was taught for instructional manual writing. i lasted at that job less than six months as well.Grithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14022216340604423686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1686467686335484826.post-61277937716164806252013-07-10T09:29:41.184-07:002013-07-10T09:29:41.184-07:00I had an English professor in college who said the...I had an English professor in college who said the word "that" is useless and should never be used and now I'm paranoid about it and edit it out of my own writing ruthlessly. <br /><br />The thought of putting all the action words at the beginning of sentences makes me feel nauseated.<br /><br />Debhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09766716788178729762noreply@blogger.com