Category: English or Language
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Profanity Is Not A Sign Of Intelligence
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Curmudgeonly Monday I think I will make this a new, weekly feature where I just rant and rave and carry on about things that make me feel surly, crusty and ill-tempered. Or old, which makes me feel curmudgeonly. Something that my favorite teacher ever, my tenth grade English teacher, Mrs.…
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Commas Save Lives
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Of all the punctuation marks, the comma has the most rules and really, I’m not sure if I’m qualified to talk about them all. A lot of times I just go by instinct and whatever sounds right to my ear at the time. Generally speaking (And I cringe in fear…
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Blogging A – Z Challenge 2015 U
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Blogging A – Z Challenge U is for Ubiquitous This is one of my favorite words, but alas, unlike that overused, misused and abused adjective, “awesome,” ubiquitous is not found commonly used by a lot of people. This is a shame. It is a good, fun word with a solid…
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Blogging A – Z Challenge 2015 Q
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Blogging A – Z Challenge Q is for Quitting? Nope. Not gonna do it. Not gonna quit. Even though the month is over for the Blogging A – Z challenge, I am going to finish it out anyway. I can do it, even with screwball schedules and challenges that have…