Remember hitting the space bar twice because we were supposed to leave two spaces after a period? (That was a hard one for my muscle memory to relearn.) Grammar rules change and evolve over time to reflect the audience, and the look of documents. Also, how something sounds: to boldly go. Although the rules areContinue reading “Things change. Yes, even grammar.”
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Misused and Confused (word puzzle of sorts!)
Effect and affect. Further and farther. Altogether and all together. Accept and except. Compliment and Complement. English, am I right?! While I was teaching my students loved working on misused and confused words. They were words that students sometimes avoided because it was a bit confusing, and it’s confusing even for adults. During Grammar TimeContinue reading “Misused and Confused (word puzzle of sorts!)”