Blogs Posts on "Grammar"

How to Use “i.e.” Versus “e.g.” by The Gent's Cheat Sheet on Nov 19, 2009The abbreviations "i.e." and "e.g." are commonly misused, because very few people actually know what each means. Here’s a simple guide. Related posts:The Art of Giving PraiseSo What IS a Gentleman, Anyway?Stay Alive With Restroom Etiquette...

Anal grammarians and eating placentas : Robert van Persie by NHS BLOG DOCTOR on Nov 18, 2009A short piece in the Guardian again today, this time about the alleged mystical healing powers of placentas and Robert van Persie's alleged trip to Serbia for some implausble alternative medicine. Let's just hope that the Quacktitioner Royal does not...

KijijiSuck 148: Hamsters is funny lololol by You Suck at Kijiji on Nov 17, 2009Parents: Please don't let your children put animals for sale on Kijiji. More specifically, please don't let your children on Kijiji. By that I mean don't let your children use the computer:Funny little hamsters I have cute tiny lovable hamsters free...

KijijiSuck 145: Is this a scam or are these people stupid? by You Suck at Kijiji on Nov 16, 2009Some dogs are suspected to be smarter than their owners. In this case, I believe it to be true. Either that, or some overseas scammers didn't bother to have anyone proofread their junk:BOXER !!!!!!!!!READY !!!!!!!!!!!1Price $695.00rest only 3 boxer3...

Understand Estimate My Intelligents by Step Into the Nexus on Nov 14, 2009I have no comment about this. Just look… Source: http://twitter.com/maryjblige/status/5687818820 and http://www.twitlonger.com/show/u6v0 Copyright © 2008 missnexus.com This feed is for personal, non-commercial use only. The use of this f...

Railways: On the platform edge by Inky Fool on Nov 12, 2009Railway-speak is a peculiar dialect, characterised by tortuous phrasing, a fondness for neologism, and a seeming reluctance to take responsibility for delays, unscheduled stops, failure to stop and indeed anything else that might go wrong. Announcers...

The T.S. Eliot Defence by Inky Fool on Nov 5, 2009Let us go then, you and I,When the evening is spread out against the skyIs without doubt one of the finest couplets in English poetry (by "without doubt" I mean that if you doubt it I will track you down and punch you on the jaw); the only problem wi...

Schaum’s Easy Outline of Writing and Grammar 2nd edition by Las Maestras on Nov 5, 2009– Schaum’s Easy Outline of Writing and Grammar 2nd edition by William Spruiell and Dorothy Zemach (Jul 24, 2001) – This is a good book for quick review of grammar and the writing... Para continuar leyendo este fabuloso libro, acc...

How to Use Games to Teach Your Child English by Earn Money or Die on Nov 4, 2009Children are little sponges with a capacity for learning that can be downright astounding, which is why one can teach a child English faster than a full grown adult.

Free Irony Supplement Available at CVS by Cheek and Bluster on Nov 4, 2009You gotta admire CVS's self-sustaining marketing practices. Supply and demand is for amateurs -- these guys are rockin' some cause and effect. Check it out:...