Most of my flist who would be interested probably has fandom_grammar friended, but just in case you missed it. . . .

fandom_grammar is looking for some new Fandom Grammarians. If you think you have the passion for grammar and English language necessary to answer fandom's questions about how to be more knowledgeable readers and writers, check out this post at fandom_grammar for details ( Read more... )

Tomorrow is National Grammar Day!! I'm so excited. Thanks to Liz for posting the link. I hope everyone will join the celebration!

http://nationalgrammarday.com/

In other news, I had a poem acceptance in my inbox when I got back from my trip today: The Broome Review accepted my poem ( Read more... )

fandom_grammar is now a community! Go join, ask the grammatical questions that have always troubled you, and prepare to receive answers full of examples from your favorite fandoms from highly qualified grammarians like myself! Whee!

This message is for all my fanfic and slash enthusiasts (pocketwitch, I'm looking at you in particular here, but I know there's more of y'all on my f-list who'd be into this). My friend theemdash is planning to start a fandom grammar community. Grammar questions answered and grammar explained through fandom examples! Articles and advice that will help people stop ( Read more... )

does everybody out there know the difference between you're and your?

you're is a contraction. it means, "you are."

your is a possessive. it should be used as an adjective to refer to objects that belong to you, ie, "your cat", "your booty", etc ( Read more... )

http://www.livejournal.com/talkread.bml?journal=grammar_whores&itemid=75612

a question: after reading the above, don't you think that a certain someone's posts on the subject were just a little bitter and mean?