You know what would be an awesome grammar lesson for kids? Get a bunch of lolcats and analyze the grammar and spelling, and then correct it and talk about what was changed and the syntax therein.

Now I want a group of kids, a group of lolcats and a very cool pointer thingy. The pointer is essential.

[I found this written on paper in my room. I wrote it months ago, with the intention of posting. I don't think I ever did, and a quick search through my 'grammar' and 'linguistics' tags didn't come up with anything, so...I'm gonna assume I never posted it. And if I did, you can just ignore. Or re-read. <3

Without further ado...]

Dear World,

Grammar ( Read more... )

If you speak English as your native language, there is absolutely no reason whatsoever why you should confuse You're and Your.

One is the contraction for "You are." The other is a possessive pronoun.

Apostrophes are never used with possessive pronouns. They are used with possessive nouns. They are used to show contraction (omitting letters). ( Read more... )

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☺ from gerĕre - specifically, from its gerundive form gerendum, which had the variation gerundum.

Huh?

☺ Gerunds are verbal nouns. [1] Gerundives are verbal adjectives.

☺ Gerunds are always declined in the singular neuter second declension, so declining them is as easy as:

Nom.

periculum

Gen.

periculī

Dat.

periculō

Acc.

periculum

Abl.

periculō

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Title: Resolve to call more angry men 'sweetcakes'

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The plural of Asha'man is Asha'man. IT IS NEVER ASHA'MEN. For the sake of the good lord; please. It burns ( Read more... )

This short song was written while bored in Biblical Hebrew class, and is likely incomprehensible to anyone who hasn't studied Hebrew grammar ( Read more... )

i know its been said b4 lol but i really dislike it when people type like this with no regard for grammar or punctuation or even a sense of any sort of closure in sentences. it makes them look dumb it also makes me want to avoid their presence entirely but i suppose that wouldnt be a nice thing to do lol. i can deal with people not capitalizing at ( Read more... )

I just took an 'Ultimate Purity Test' but I am not posting the results. :look

It was fun though. :P

Was thinking about this earlier: In the Hokey Pokey, one puts one's right foot in and then puts one's right foot out. But is that really correct? To put the foot out? Wouldn't one take the foot out? One may put something out, but it has a sense of ( Read more... )