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Friday Follies #231 – Making Grammar Great Again, One Hyphen at a Time

July 10, 2020July 11, 2020 ~ Ellie ~ 4 Comments

Look out! It’s an apostrophe catastrophe!*

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Friday Follies #203 – Making Grammar Great Again, One Hyphen at a Time

October 11, 2019 ~ Ellie ~ 8 Comments

Welcome back, FF pals! Today, the Grammar Cop’s bunch o’ bloopers is derived from the same weekly-newspaper editorial. Boo hiss! 😃

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Friday Follies #174 – Making Grammar Great Again, One Hyphen at a Time

March 1, 2019March 1, 2019 ~ Ellie ~ 6 Comments

Grammar goofs reign supreme in this week’s Friday Follies, thanks to the eagle eye – okay, eyes – of you-know-who.

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Friday Follies #168 – Making Grammar Great Again, One Hyphen at a Time

January 18, 2019January 18, 2019 ~ Ellie ~ 4 Comments

After a tough week rounding up many messy language missteps (say that 10 times fast), the Grammar Cop is ready to share a few with you, her dear loyal readers.

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Friday Follies #155 – Making Grammar Great Again, One Hyphen at a Time

October 6, 2018October 6, 2018 ~ Ellie ~ 12 Comments

Arrgghh! The Grammar Cop is late again!! Sorry FF fans, the days just seem to fly by way too fast!! Anyway, there is now a Post-It® note stuck on the bottom of my computer screen. Eye roll. Okay! On to this week’s errors!

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Friday Follies #153 – Making Grammar Great Again, One Hyphen at a Time

September 21, 2018 ~ Ellie ~ 6 Comments

Welcome back, word nerds! Step right up and enter the Grammar Cop’s lair chock-full of frightful flubs. 😬

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Friday Follies #144 – Making Grammar Great Again, One Hyphen at a Time

July 20, 2018 ~ Ellie ~ 8 Comments

Welcome to today’s foolish flubs, Friday Follies fans (and those with great affection and appreciation for alliteration).

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Friday Follies #143 – Making Grammar Great Again, One Hyphen at a Time

July 13, 2018 ~ Ellie ~ 8 Comments

Hi again, FF aficionados! My favourite weekly rag newspaper continues to provide the Grammar Cop with abominations galore!

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Friday Follies #138 – Making Grammar Great Again, One Hyphen at a Time

June 1, 2018 ~ Ellie ~ 18 Comments

Today’s bloopers include the dreaded misplaced apostrophe as well as grammatical infractions. The Grammar Cop sobs quietly.

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Friday Follies #137 – Making Grammar Great Again, One Hyphen at a Time

May 25, 2018 ~ Ellie ~ 13 Comments

The Grammar Cop is ever vigilant, FF friends, and she has recently uncovered a slew of terrible transgressions. Here are a few of the super-annoying ones.

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What’s Wrong With Me?! – My little medical saga has a nice dramatic arc to it: puzzling beginning, painful middle, and an ending that was a relief in more ways than one.

Surviving Hollywood North
Surviving Hollywood North – An irreverent memoir revealing how Ellie Presner wrangled insecure screenwriters, harried producers and directors, and eccentric actors in Montreal’s flourishing film business during the 1990s.

First Kiss and Other True Fiction
First Kiss and Other True Fiction – Evocative short pieces ranging from a little girl’s terror, to an older child’s disillusionment, to the glory (and confusion) of a budding adolescent’s first kiss… not without a dollop of humour.

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How to be an Almost Perfect Parent – Friendly illustrated advice from a former family support worker. Professionals – and parents – love it!

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