Fifty Plus (50+) - It's National Grammar Day.

Take a brake and peddle on over to National Grammar Day.

http://nationalgrammarday.com/

National grammar day?? How about grammar check day? PEDAL over to National Grammar Day.

I always thought March Forth was National Army Day.

'n muh haus its muh wiff's burthdai

National grammar day?? How about grammar check day? PEDAL over to National Grammar Day.

I believe Bengeboy is joshing us.

and brake should be break.

Clearly not one of my best holidays.

My grammars was nice, so was my grampars.

and brake should be break.

sometimes irony does not play well on the internets.

National grammar day?? How about grammar check day? PEDAL over to National Grammar Day.


and brake should be break.


sometimes irony does not play well on the internets.

Amen!

Where did that since of humor go?

(My wife used to irony my shirts. Now we use a dry cleaners, but I think they use water.)

sometimes irony does not play well on the Internet.

Fixed. There is only one.:D

Actually, according to most of the posts I read, it is really National Grammer Day!

We wouldn't want to loose that bit of reality!

sometimes irony does not play well on the internets.

Your write about that !!!! ;)

Your write about that !!!! ;)

Unless your Inn Canada: Your write aboot that!:twitchy:

http://nationalgrammarday.com/I'm in looooooooooooooove!!!

This made my day, Benge. Thanks!!!

I'll tell my kids to send a card to my mum.

If I had a grammar, I'd do the same in the morning, in the evening, all over this land

sometimes irony does not play well on them internets.

Fixed. Lets us all respect the plural form of them definite articlez

National Grammar Day!?! Who thought of this? Do we have to send cards? Is this just another silly "Day" invented by Hallmark?
National this day, National that day, when will it end?
This is an absurdity up with which I will not put!

I thank mi inglish techer she done lerned me evrething I aint noed befor

National Grammar Day!?! Who thought of this? Do we have to send cards? Is this just another silly "Day" invented by Hallmark?
National this day, National that day, when will it end?
This is an absurdity up with which I will not put!

Here's my comptributon to Natoinla Gramar Day, and looking forword to Natoimal Spelleng day:

Punctuate this statement:

that that is is that that is not is not is that not it it is

PS to this Forum: Did anyone used to diagram sentences?

That that is, is. That that is not, is not. Is that not it? It is.

Did anyone used to diagram sentences?

Dave Barry's "Mr Language Person" explains all you need to know:

First spread the sentence out on a clean, flat surface, such as an ironing board. Then, using a sharp pencil or X-Acto knife, locate the "predicate," which indicates where the action has taken place and is usually located directly behind the gills. For example, in the sentence: "LaMont never would of bit a forest ranger," the action probably took place in a forest. Thus your diagram would be shaped like a little tree with branches sticking out of it to indicate the locations of the various particles of speech, such as your gerunds, proverbs, adjutants, etc.

That that is, is. That that is not, is not. Is that not it? It is.

That it is, though I prefer the last sentence to end with an exclamation point!

An old chestnut, but I still like it

Advice from the landlord of the Hand and Flower pub to his signwriter painting a new pub sign:

"You've left too much space between Hand and and and and and Flower"

This thread sure is where it's at.

PS to this Forum: Did anyone used to diagram sentences? Oh, yeah.

I too remember diagraming sentences............could not do it now though, not even sure I could do it then. Does the verb go on the slanty line up or down???

I too remember diagraming sentences............could not do it now though, not even sure I could do it then. Does the verb go on the slanty line up or down???

Verb goes on the horizontal line after the subject, separated by a vertical line. The adjective, adverb, or preposition goes on the slanty line.

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It's a beautiful thing. I read an article about a grammar cop who was asked about the grammar of the preamble of the Constitution. She replied that "a more perfect union" was gramatically incorrect since "perfect" is absolute and cannot be compared.

However, from Wikipeida:

Some rigid, traditional grammarians object to the use of the superlative or comparative with words such as "full," "complete," "unique" or "empty," [or perfect] which by definition already denote either a totality, an absence, or an absolute. However, such words are routinely and frequently qualified in contemporary speech and writing. This type of usage conveys more of a figurative than a literal meaning, since in a strictly literal sense, something cannot be more or less unique or empty to a greater or lesser degree. For example, in the phrase "most complete selection of wines in the Midwest," "most complete" doesn't mean "closest to having all elements represented," it merely connotes a well-rounded, relatively extensive selection. Browsing in some of the best-known search-engines for "more complete" or "most complete" would establish the frequency of this usage by many millions of examples.

Some rigid, traditional grammarians object to the use of the superlative or comparative with words such as "full," "complete," "unique" or "empty," [or perfect] which by definition already denote either a totality, an absence, or an absolute.

Personally, I dislike superlaxitive words. They tend to make sentences "run-on"...........

I believe Bengeboy is joshing us.

It was just a pigment of his imagination.

's not!

This thread shows why I was always good at free verse poetry. Hell, you can even make up your own words.:p

Clearly not one of my best holidays.

Me, two

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A work of art. My day is made.