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http://www.rd.com/funny-stuff/grammar-jokes/"Knock knock. Whos there? To. To who? Actually, its to whom.
When I was a kid, my teacher looked my way and said, Name two pronouns. I said, Who, me?
I before e ... except when you run a feisty heist on a weird beige foreign neighbor.
Q: What should you say to comfort a grammar nazi? A: There, their, theyre.
"Write a wise saying and your name will live forever." Anonymous
nycbos
(6,034 posts)tymorial
(3,433 posts)I have one client who is an absolute stickler for grammar. He frequently points out errors found in emails composed by me and my colleagues. I found it incredibly irritating at first but I realized that after a while my writing improved. I also realized that a well written email can help to diffuse conflict when dealing with a particularly difficult situation/client. For that, I will be forever grateful for his instruction; even if he is a Republican... 😞
His saving grace was that he didn't vote for Trump.
underpants
(182,848 posts)because there was no W in the French alphabet at the time - there really isn't still. No one knows who added the W to the Braille alphabet. Louis Braille was 13 when he created lieterqcy for the blind. He also, fan of music, created a way to code for musical notes.