Are You Checking Your Grammar?

Source: http://pilarcordoba.wordpress.com/grammar/

Writing articles, ads, blog post or whatever takes some knowledge of the use of good grammar or at least it should. Today I received a newsletter from Ezine Articles and I just had to share it with you. The name of the article is "The Twelve Days of Poor Grammar" and was posted by Ezine Articles Managing Editor, Penny.

The Twelve Days of Poor Grammar

On the first day of submission,
my article came back to me
with one spelling error, oh gee!

On the second day of submission,
my article came back to me
with two misused words,
and one spelling error, oh gee!

On the third day of submission,
my article came back to me
with three texting texts,
two misused words,
and one spelling error, oh gee!

On the fourth day of submission,
my article came back to me
with four poorly possessive apostrophes,
three texting texts,
two misused words,
and one spelling error, oh gee!

On the fifth day of submission,
my article came back to me
with five run-on sentences,
four poorly possessive apostrophes,
three texting texts,
two misused words,
and one spelling error, oh gee!

On the sixth day of submission,
my article came back to me
with six confusing contractions,
five run-on sentences,
four poorly possessive apostrophes,
three texting texts,
two misused words,
and one spelling error, oh gee!

On the seventh day of submission,
my article came back to me
with seven comma splices,
six confusing contractions,
five run-on sentences,
four poorly possessive apostrophes,
three texting texts,
two misused words,
and one spelling error, oh gee!

On the eighth day of submission,
my article came back to me
with eight double negatives,
seven comma splices,
six confusing contractions,
five run-on sentences,
four poorly possessive apostrophes,
three texting texts,
two misused words,
and another spelling error, oh gee!

On the ninth day of submission,
my article came back to me
with nine malfunctioned conjunctions,
eight double negatives,
seven comma splices,
six confusing contractions,
five run-on sentences,
four poorly possessive apostrophes,
three texting texts,
two misused words,
and one spelling error, oh gee!

On the tenth day of submission,
my article came back to me
with ten incomplete sentences,
nine malfunctioned conjunctions,
eight double negatives,
seven comma splices,
six confusing contractions,
five run-on sentences,
four poorly possessive apostrophes,
three texting texts,
two misused words,
and one spelling error, oh gee!

On the eleventh day of submission,
my article came back to me
with eleven split infinitives,
ten incomplete sentences,
nine malfunctioned conjunctions,
eight double negatives,
seven comma splices,
six confusing contractions,
five run-on sentences,
four poorly possessive apostrophes,
three texting texts,
two misused words,
and one spelling error, oh gee!

On the twelfth day of submission,
my article came back to me
with twelve dangling modifiers,
eleven split infinitives,
ten incomplete sentences,
nine malfunctioned conjunctions,
eight double negatives,
seven comma splices,
six confusing contractions,
five run-on sentences,
four poorly possessive apostrophes,
three texting texts,
two misused words,
and one spelling error, oh gee!

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Some Helpful Resources to Improve Your Grammar Skills:

1.  http://www.grammarbook.com/
2.  http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/section/1/5/
3.  http://lifehacker.com/5966826/the-most-common-grammar-gaffes-writers-make-and-how-to-avoid-them
4.  http://www.dailygrammar.com/

You can find many more sites for helping you with your grammar.  Just do a search for the word grammar.

Please remember that 'you are' is your're and not 'your'. These words have entirely different meanings. This is a common mistake that I see so many writers making.

Hope you enjoyed this article. Let me know if you did or didn't by leaving a comment below. Thanks

Elaine   

PS This post doesn't imply that I don't need help with my own grammar.