Good to see you again, Friday Folliestas! This week the Grammar Cop brings you another trio of terrible boo-boos. And she is sorry she couldn’t find a synonym for “boo-boo” starting with a “t.” Ah well, such is life.
Humour
Goodbye my love: Notes to an absent automobile
How did I love thee? Let me count the ways.
Rise of the Swamp Gas
Ok, people. This has gone far enough! We have a lovely channel here called Animal Planet. Can you please tell me why it features such idiotic fare as:
Book Progress Report #8
So as I mentioned in my last update, I was deep in revisions – but since then I’ve finished that phase and have embarked on my first query submissions to literary agents.
Attack of the Amazon – or, Bike Saga, Part 3
So. Further to my unofficial bike saga, wherein Part 1 was Quintessential Montreal: The Little Bike That Fit, and Part 2 was It’s Just Like Riding a Bicycle…, I am recounting my latest bike escapade to you now, while it’s still fresh in my mind.
It’s just like riding a bicycle…
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Friday Follies #36 – repeated mistakes that make me go “Arghhh”!
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.
Why I will never fly AA again
American Airlines co-pilot suspected of being drunk, airport spokesman says
That’s one of the headlines on CNN.com today. (Visions of the Denzel Washington movie flash through my mind.)
Friday Follies #29 – 3 mistakes that make me go “Arghhh”!
Welcome once again to the Grammar Cop’s House of Language Horrors. Here we go again.
Friday Follies #26 – 3 mistakes that make me go “Arghhh”!
Welcome back, Folly-ites! Here are the Grammar Cop’s picks o’ the week.