I have taken several English courses over the course of my educational experience... excelled at them even. I'm sorry to report that a great travesty has taken place... I no longer remember my basic grammar skills. Yes, some of them are instinctive, and some are so ingrained that I couldn't forget them if I tried, but the rest are kind of sketchy. I re-read my posts thinking.. does that sentence even make sense? And what the hell is a semi-colon really for anyway? I'm switching tenses, I can't remember when commas are appropriate... I've forgotten my apostrophe S rules... so much so that I usually re-arrange the sentence to avoid using it at all.. leaving some of my writing sounding inappropriate and ill-written. I think I know what the problem is. In high-school, I had Corinne to edit most of my work and fix my grammar atrocities... now there is just me. In University my professor's must have taken pity on me and declined to comment, which would explain the decent grades despite my grammatical failures. The problem now is, how do I get it back? I'm too old to learn all over again! I don't think they make grammar primers for adults, unless you're taking an ESL course, but I don't have a second language to face my way through that. I'm sure there is supposed to be a paragraph break in there somewhere...
So take pity on me when you read my blog... I am not grammatically retarded... I just have the worst memory on the face of the earth... ok no really, what IS a semi-colon for?
8 comments:
Oh my gosh! I am a grammar freak! Not so much in casual conversation (obviously!), but otherwise, I'm a stickler! By the way, a semicolon separates two related (but independent) clauses :)
Thanks for clearing that up Trisha... now what's a clause again? I know I learned that at some point....
Had to laugh at this. I've always loved good grammar, but as I've grown older, I must admit that sometimes I use inappropriate apostophes, especially with its/it's - can I get away with blaming menopause? My helpful husband always notices and points it out, bless him...
As for semi-colons, the dictionary doesn't help at all: the punctuation mark of intermediate value between a comma and a full stop. Well, der!
Try this fabby website http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/marks/semicolon.htm for a good explanation.
Good luck, and I'll forgive you the odd aberration if you forgive me.
This could have been written by me! And bearing in mind that Enlish isn't even my language....Since your post is such a relief to me, I will now join your 'followers'. And also because I like the way you write. Makes me smile!
Hey! I just wish to give a huge thumbs up for the great data you’ve got here on this post.
I will probably be coming back to your blog for more soon.
my weblog: θͺηΆζε
Hey! I just would like to give an enormous thumbs up
for the nice information you will have right
here on this post. I shall be coming back to your blog for more
soon.
Feel free to visit my webpage best seo services pakistan
Hi there! I just would like to give a huge thumbs up for
the nice information you will have right here on this post.
I shall be coming again to your weblog for extra soon.
Also visit my page ... google play gift card
Howdy! I simply want to give an enormous thumbs up for the great info you’ve right here on this post.
I shall be coming back to your weblog for extra soon.
My homepage ... new bank repo semi trucks for sale in washington state
Post a Comment