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Stina's Grammar Lessons 101 (love)!

2012-03-01T12:01:00.245-07:00

Stina's Grammar Lessons 101 (love)!

I love grammar made funny ;). Of course, I'm o...

2012-03-01T10:51:38.167-07:00

I love grammar made funny ;). Of course, I'm one of those people who loves grammar lol. Great post!

LOL! My neighbor had one of those put in at the en...

2012-03-01T09:47:33.351-07:00

LOL! My neighbor had one of those put in at the end of our street when my son was young and that's all I could think of whenever I drove past it. Even though it would have referred to my own child! That's how twisted I am.

Lol. Great post. That sign would make me wonder to...

2012-03-01T09:07:23.596-07:00

Lol. Great post. That sign would make me wonder too...

If you were writing a fantasy your foot might be a...

2012-03-01T08:57:46.435-07:00

If you were writing a fantasy your foot might be able to yawn.

Those silly signs! There's one on a bridge nea...

2012-03-01T07:44:23.467-07:00

Those silly signs! There's one on a bridge near me that reads : "Don't Throw Men Below." (Is it okay to throw women and children?)

I'm sure I've dangled a modifier in my time, too.

I've done the ridiculous run on sentence made ...

2012-02-29T17:32:49.582-07:00

I've done the ridiculous run on sentence made possible by vomiting commas all over the place.

Oh yeah, I've made my fair share (and perhaps ...

2012-02-29T16:59:28.504-07:00

Oh yeah, I've made my fair share (and perhaps more) of grammar faux pas! Of course I can't think of an example right now ... but I do have them!

I love when you find silliness in signs, but it an...

2012-02-29T13:44:04.836-07:00

I love when you find silliness in signs, but it annoys me when professional signs for stores or companies have spelling or grammatical errors in them!

i have to watch out for that stuff! ah!

2012-02-29T13:00:05.312-07:00

i have to watch out for that stuff! ah!

I like the road signs that say "Drive Careful...

2012-02-29T12:52:07.684-07:00

I like the road signs that say "Drive Carefully When Wet"! :)

Hahaaa, love your foot yawning example. I sometime...

2012-02-29T12:07:02.491-07:00

Hahaaa, love your foot yawning example. I sometimes miss those on my own ms, and either chuckle or groan loudly when I discover them. LOL

Here, we assume the driver is smart enough to k...

2012-02-29T11:07:11.896-07:00
Here, we assume the driver is smart enough to know that you need to slow down when you see the sign.

That is a bad assumption, no matter where you live! :)

I do get hung up on this from time to time. Every ...

2012-02-29T10:35:44.950-07:00
I do get hung up on this from time to time. Every now and then I'll read back over a sentence and laugh at its literal meaning.

This is one thing I'm actually quite good at a...

2012-02-29T10:31:19.268-07:00
This is one thing I'm actually quite good at avoiding, in my 'proper' writing anyway. I'm still going over my story to make sure, though :-)

I love finding sentences like this. They always ma...

2012-02-29T10:22:31.945-07:00
I love finding sentences like this. They always make me smile. I die laughing when they sound dirty. Example (strait out of my MS): "I know he's a hard man. I want to know how hard." I changed hard to cruel, but not before I laughed my butt off :)

I do like the signs by big electric pylons - "...

2012-02-29T09:54:27.861-07:00
I do like the signs by big electric pylons - "Danger of Death" with a pic of a stick man getting hit by a bolt of lightning.

LOL! Take care
x

I once submitted a query and first five to an agen...

2012-02-29T09:53:05.379-07:00
I once submitted a query and first five to an agent, who seemed to delight in pointing out to me that in my first paragraph, I had the mc's hair whipping across her shoulders and that simply wasn't possible, so she wouldn't read on. (and there are probably numerous errors in that above run-on sentence. ;)
erica

Good point, my stuff tends to be full of grammatic...

2012-02-29T09:44:13.756-07:00
Good point, my stuff tends to be full of grammatical errors.

Slowly I'm learning that lesson. It helps to r...

2012-02-29T09:29:20.259-07:00
Slowly I'm learning that lesson. It helps to read it back out loud or I get my husband to read it.

I guess they don't worry about proper sentences when they're making signs.

I try. Hard. But every now and then my CP catches ...

2012-02-29T09:28:29.367-07:00
I try. Hard. But every now and then my CP catches me. :-)

That sign *always* gets me. Whenever I see one, I...

2012-02-29T09:01:51.809-07:00
That sign *always* gets me. Whenever I see one, I joke, "Hey, honey, there are slow children playing here, so be careful. They don't run; they walk."

I suppose a colon or hyphen would just be too much work to add.

Yes, I try to be very careful about what I write and say. One of my biggest problems is misusing the word "hopefully". It's something I'm very conscientious about, since I realize it's a problem. :)

LOL! Good point. My crit group and I have had fun ...

2012-02-29T08:58:32.665-07:00
LOL! Good point. My crit group and I have had fun acting out certain actions to show it can't be done the way it's written. I also like to look for disengaged body parts when I crit stuff - like eyes flying across the room to meet someone else's. :)

I find myself having to replace the term "eye...

2012-02-29T08:43:45.832-07:00
I find myself having to replace the term "eyes" with the term "gaze" a lot. Because in order for eyes to do the things that gaze can do, they would have to be disembodied.

I love contrast, both in artwork and writing. Your...

2012-02-29T08:40:11.632-07:00
I love contrast, both in artwork and writing. Your photograph is amazing! It literally stopped my in my tracks (Google Reader)! just stunning.