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Bringing Up the Rear

July 17, 2022 ~ Ellie ~ 6 Comments

I stumbled on a great quote today and would like to share it with you.

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Friday Follies #221 – Making Grammar Great Again, One Hyphen at a Time

February 28, 2020February 28, 2020 ~ Ellie ~ 5 Comments

You may have once partied too hard and had “tee many martoonis.” Now check out these items with too many words – often the wrong ones! 😬

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Friday Follies #215 – Making Grammar Great Again, One Hyphen at a Time

January 17, 2020 ~ Ellie ~ 10 Comments

Welcome back, FF fans! The Grammar Cop has juggled so many citations lately, she had to leave some for future examination. Meanwhile, check these out!

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Friday Follies #180 – Making Grammar Great Again, One Hyphen at a Time

April 12, 2019April 15, 2019 ~ Ellie ~ 8 Comments

It was a week of bad headlines, people! But don’t worry, the Grammar Cop has galloped to the rescue! 😀

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Friday Follies #152 – Making Grammar Great Again, One Hyphen at a Time

September 14, 2018 ~ Ellie ~ 13 Comments

Hi again, FFers! Welcome back to another edition of Friday Follies, in which the Grammar Cop shares with you her favourite (least favourite?) bloopers of the week.

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Blogging wirh a brokrn fingrr

September 11, 2018 ~ Ellie ~ 21 Comments

The first thing tht happens wh4n you brrak your fingrr id: nothing#! But then –

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Friday Follies #151 – Making Grammar Great Again, One Hyphen at a Time

September 7, 2018 ~ Ellie ~ 13 Comments

Terrible Typos! The Grammar Cop has had it up to heere. Er, HERE!

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Friday Follies #139 – Making Grammar Great Again, One Hyphen at a Time

June 8, 2018 ~ Ellie ~ 17 Comments

This week’s batch o’ boo-boos includes a most unfortunate typo. Normally the Grammar Cop doesn’t hand out citations for such minor errors, which we all make from time to time. But the one you’ll see below is a holy horror of a slip. Continue reading →

Friday Follies #71 – 3 mistakes that make me go “Arghhh”

January 13, 2017January 13, 2017 ~ Ellie ~ 4 Comments

Welcome to another edition of Friday Follies! This week the Grammar Cop is particularly steamed over the lack of proofreaders in various media. In online articles, print ads and newspapers, this neglect results in the same darn thing: GOOFS!

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Friday Follies #40 – 3 mistakes that make me go “Arghhh”!

May 13, 2016May 13, 2016 ~ Ellie ~ 4 Comments

Welcome back to the Grammar Cop’s hangout, where we share the boo-boos of the week that we have come across. Today’s little assortment is brought to you by the letter ‘P’ as in Proofreading! Please do it!

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