January 2008
A day in the life of a GrammarBlogger
I've just had an MSN conversation with fellow GrammarBlogger Tom and I feel like sharing. Tom: in this context, would you put 'yes' and 'no' in quotation marks: Tom: It's a simple question and usually can be answered with a yes or no. ...
No need to shout!
Regular contributor and twitter friend Aliya has got in touch to voice her discontent at being confronted with a grammatical error when attempting to sign up to Zlio, a web 2.0 shop thingy-ma-bob. Yes, that's the technical ...
Anarky For Ever
The best graffiti ever? Found on a Russian photo blog (warning: occasional arty nudity).
Merry X’mas
Merry Xmas Apostrophe!, originally uploaded by Stone Scarab. I couldn't ...
Redemption for Marlo
Before Christmas, I posted about the frightening use of apostrophes on MarloDee Designs' website. A few days ago we received notification of the following comment. Hello! This is Marlo from MarloDee Designs. I think I have fixed all the ...
National Grammar Day
Lovely, lovely Martha Brockenbrough, she of SPOGG fame and author of many wonderful MSN Encarta articles, has bullied the powers that be into holding a national grammar day in the US. Here is one ...
Hanson talks balls
I am the proud manager of a hugely unsuccessful Fantasy Football team with the Daily Telegraph. The venerable Alan Hansen is the resident celebrity pundit and earns his endorsement fee by writing (or maybe just approving ) the odd email newsletter.We're used to sports pundits ...
Will buy unwanted apostrophes for cash
I think I will try to make Cartoon Friday a regular feature here at GrammarBlog. This slice of Friday cheer was brought to you by MRP. I often think there would be a quid or two to ...
A message from Christina
Christina Aguilera has dropped a sprog. Heat readers are no doubt beside themselves. I, on the other hand, couldn't really claim to give a toss if it wasn't for the grammatical error made by Xtina (does that pseudonym make anyone else get a little bit of sick in ...
Through and Thru
Is anyone else really sick of seeing the word 'Thru'? Of all the various inane marketing spellings it's the one that winds me up the most. I'm not ...
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