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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 ...
Grammar Mechanic: a warning for sticklers
Is this what will happen to us if we continue down this path? Are our destinies full of terrible cardigans and side partings?She does have a cool computer though.
An Apology?
After looking at my previous post I began to wonder whether all this vitriol is justified. Do a few misplaced apostophes, missing capital letters or wrong tenses really signify that our language is rotting from the inside? And even if it does should we just roll over and let ...
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