KMGN: Please, DON’T make Batman cry!
Today, AWESOME W.A.N.A. International Instructor and author-editor-teacher-extraordinaire Marcy Kennedy is here to guest post about a dreaded topic—GASP—grammar. Yes, I admit it. I’m a Grammar Nazi. I remember correcting my eldest nephew when he was learning to talk. Steaks are good, people are well. Chickens are done, people are finished. We raise crops, and rear children.
This was being a good auntie.
Then he went off to first grade…
His teacher asked him if he was done, and he matter-of-factly replied, “Chickens are done, people are finished.”
So yes, I’ve had to learn to not be a jerk about grammar (and gently correct the kiddos even though I was cheering inside). But take heart, if a Grammar Nazi makes an error, we get 543 e-mails correcting us.
Even Grammar Nazis oops. We need refreshers and ALL need a fresh set of eyes on our work because a lot of…
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I think I quit being a Grammar Nazi when rock stars started using weird abbreviations for their songs. I think Prince started it; if not, he surely was second. Then came U2 (you, too?). Then came Twitter and I knew all was lost. So now when I come across a Grammar Nazi, I simply say, “There, they’re, their……..It will be alright.”
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