grammar humor

Knowing the Formula

March 11, 2010

Writing advice will often tell you that you have to know the formula in order to break it. Nothing makes that rule clearer than comedy does. As I mentioned last Thursday on National Grammar Day, without an appreciation for the rules of Grammar, we wouldn’t have the basic framework to understand why LOLcats and Oddly [...]

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Seasonal Reprint: Grammar Vampires

November 2, 2009

A great time was had at World Fantasy Con. I met and caught up with a lot of fantastic people, and now I’m back in the office again. As a belated nod to Halloween, I’m reprinting a relevant column while I catch up on work. For your reading pleasure: Grammar Vampires. (originally posted July 31, [...]

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Put Your Garlic Away

March 2, 2009

Wednesday, March 4th is National Grammar Day, and since what’s meant to be a lighthearted, tongue-in-cheek sort of event is getting all sorts of extreme response, I thought I’d set the record straight, at least as far as this editor is concerned. National Grammar Day was founded by the equally tongue-in-cheek Society for the Promotion [...]

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