These pictures have something in common. I mean, besides the fact that they show my two children at different ages. What they depict are my daughter, Kathryn, and son, Jeremy, out on the town without me. To be more precise, they are with their father.
The Grammar Cop is despondent seeing these same instances of confusion over and over again. But she is always on guard, and vows to bring them to the fore as often as possible!
I have such fond memories of the Hampton Street YMCA! Also known as the NDG Y, due to its location in the leafy Montreal borough of Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, it was my second home during the summers when I was eight, nine and ten years old.
The Grammar Cop is continuing to switch things up a little in the Friday Follies Field of Flaws. Today’s gaffes focus on spelling.
I can safely say, having grown up in a Jewish family, that Jews are into food in a big way. As the old joke says, every Jewish holiday can be summed up thusly: “They attacked us, we won, let’s eat!”
Quitting smoking: one of the hardest things I’ve ever done in my life… and also, paradoxically, one of the easiest.
Hi concerned readers! Today’s FFs will feature something a tad different. Instead of shaming various media for specific grammatical/spelling errors seen the previous week (as in all preceding 35 FF posts), the Grammar Cop is going to rant about another bunch of FFs.
Now look. There should be no argument about this. Studies have absolutely proven the benefits to older adults living with their beloved pets. Here are a few, borrowed from http://www.petsfortheelderly.org/articles.html:
Dear Lily June,
At the risk of appropriating your mother’s salutation for her own online letters to you, just let me say that I’m responding in a humble way to her request for letters – letters to be addressed to you, in honour of your upcoming first birthday.
Hi readers! The Grammar Cop presents a motley assortment of awful errors today. Hang on to your hat!
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