During an online conversation pontificating over the pros and cons of a subject no one will remember in just a few short days, user BERNIER00LZ replied to your suggestion that "You're opinions are wrong," with the curt correction "*Your" while knowing full well exactly what you meant.
Published: Monday, November 6th, 2023 @ 6:18 am
By: Babylon Bee
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I call myself a word nerd and grammar geek. These descriptors can be considered compliments or insults, depending on whom you ask.
Published: Wednesday, May 30th, 2018 @ 1:17 am
By: Kathy Manos Penn
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That's the title of a Wall Street Journal article by Oliver Kamm. Horrors! For a dyed in the wool grammar geek and word nerd, this article was hard to take.
Published: Saturday, April 22nd, 2017 @ 10:15 am
By: Kathy Manos Penn
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Not one friend or relative of mine thinks that I am a passive person, but Microsoft Word says that I am and who can argue with Bill Gates.
Published: Sunday, September 18th, 2016 @ 4:04 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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Call a library information line? Seriously? Believe it or not, that resource still exists and is used regularly.
Published: Saturday, April 30th, 2016 @ 4:22 am
By: Kathy Manos Penn
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With a nod to Bob Dylan, the words they are a-changin', and I find plenty of the changes disconcerting.
Published: Tuesday, April 12th, 2016 @ 5:52 am
By: Kathy Manos Penn
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That's the title of a Wall Street Journal article by Oliver Kamm. Horrors! For a dyed in the wool grammar geek and word nerd, this article is hard to take.
Published: Tuesday, April 5th, 2016 @ 3:21 am
By: Kathy Manos Penn
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It's happening again: a topic catches my eye and suddenly I see it everywhere until usually it disappears. The topic of cursive writing or the lack thereof caught my attention a few years back but has yet to show any signs of fading away.
Published: Sunday, April 3rd, 2016 @ 12:07 pm
By: Kathy Manos Penn
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Actually, the question is, "how smart do others think you are?" I found this article in the WSJ fascinating: How to Look Smarter.
Published: Tuesday, March 29th, 2016 @ 4:06 am
By: Kathy Manos Penn
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People in and out of the academic world have been pointing to a glaring defect in our education system for many years. That defect is the failure to teach students to write competently.
Published: Saturday, August 29th, 2015 @ 5:10 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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If it is really a kind of aggression to correct student grammar, composition teachers are unnecessary.
Published: Sunday, February 9th, 2014 @ 12:31 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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Perhaps the most glaring weakness among American college students is their writing. Many enter college lacking the ability to put together even a single good paragraph - and graduate without much improvement. It has been that way for a long time.
Published: Monday, December 30th, 2013 @ 6:33 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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