Their going crazy, I bet.

#grammar #editing #edit #writing #writingcommunity #humor #books #humour #funny #IKNOWISpelledItWrong

I'm rewatching a silly but entertaining* superhero TV show and I am, again, wondering what today's script writers have against the little word "me" that makes them ungrammatically favour "I" instead. (And why their editors are letting them get away with it.) 😒

#grammar #writing

* And problematic, of course, let's not forget.

What it means when you say “literally” #Grammar #WordsMatter https://theoatmeal.com/comics/literally

Beautiful day at Tolt park in Carnation!
My wife is running her first 10k race. They call it Beat the Blerch and it’s organized by The Oatmeal.

The Oatmeal doesn’t print posters anymore, though the manager at the pop up shop told me she’s considering special runs of grammar poster bundles once a year or so.

#TheOatmeal #BeatTheBlerch #Carnation #10k #Running #Grammar

#pronouns #tenses #grammar

Maybe dumb question but when we’re talking about a person who uses they/them in the past tense do we use was or were? Like, “they *were* a librarian for awhile” or is it “they *was* a librarian”? Were is plural and unless a person is a system they’re not plural… but “was” doesn’t seem right either. Am I overthinking things? English is weird lol

Oh no! Not Apple autocorrect charging my “than” to “then” and committing a grammar mistake that I didn’t notice until I hit “send”. 🤦‍♂️ #Grammar #Autocorrect #Apple #iOS

So. Do you say scallywag or scalawag? Or do you say, I’ll just have lunch?

#words #writing #grammar

@grammargirl
Mignon, thank you for your podcast "Say hwat?! 'Anxious' versus 'eager.' Pink stein.".

I learned some great tips from your discussion on discourse markers. I will use some in my story where the space pirates use Old English phrases.

Two questions:
1) I presume the rule stands that discourse markers should be used sparingly and probably only in dialogue.

2) Is "Ya Knowin" the Old English "ge witon"?

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/say-hwat-anxious-versus-eager-pink-stein/id173429229?i=1000626057608

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#writingCommunity The verb 'lay' is particularly challenging. It's an irregular verb where the past tense form is 'laid'. But sometimes, the past tense of 'lay' … is 'lay.' This one word makes me pull my hair out because as I #amEditing I second-guess myself all of the time.

Present: I lay the hose on the ground.
Past: I laid the hose …
Past: There lay a hose.
Present: There lays a hose.

Why, WHY! is the English language so grr? #grammar #venting :)

I haven't even gotten into lie and lying.

I am 41 years old. I still need to look up the difference between affect and effect, and then I will still proceed to write it in a sentence incorrectly.

Carry on.

#grammar #sucks

Why do we say we “made” a meal, instead of saying we cooked, or even prepared a meal?

#weird #english #grammar

Seen elsewhere on the #Internet...

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@creohn
Not so easy in German....

Der Computer (male: the computer)
Die Spülmaschine (female: the dishwasher)
Das Betriebssystem (neuter: the operating system)

Damn those articles. 😩 😅

#language #sprache #grammar #grammatik #english #german

I before E, except after C (but not CH):

achieve
receive

Seems very counter-intuitive considering both words rhyme. #English #Grammar

And give help headline writers! The case for bringing back professional proof readers! #TheGuardian #TheGrauniad #grammar

Words are the Lego™ bricks of the writer. Even a broken brick is useful, but don’t rely on it.

#writing #grammar

IMO the possessive form of WordPress is WordPress's; not WordPress'.

#english #grammar

#Writing #Grammar #Language #Docs

While I was editing the Hiberno-English translation of the draft user guide for the ZXTRES FPGA computer, I updated my writing style guide.

https://andrewowen.net/blog/creating-a-style-guide/

@DNA I can do without the comma before the coordinating conjunction as long as both of the independent clauses being joined are short and parallel. But the clauses are near the length limit where the comma becomes mandatory 🤓 #grammar :doge_horny_jail:

you can tell when you have a truly nerdy fan of computer programming, languages when the syntax guides decide to add trailing commas and they get very excited.
#ProgrammingLanguages. #Grammar.