The English language is a real bitch, isn’t it? Who hasn’t, at some time or other, made the mistake of putting the wrong vowel in a word, even when that vowel gives the word an entirely different meaning? (This is the point in a classroom where I’d notice the deadpan stares of my students and [...]
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I saw the sign for weeks as I went in and out the door of my children’s summer camp. Did I dare take a picture? Furthermore, should I be a true Lynne Trussian Correctionist and—gulp—tell the offending teacher she made a grievous, though common, error in punctuation? What is a Correctionist to do? If you [...]
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There are a few of us in this world who want to preserve antiques, like the proper use of an apostrophe, period or comma. We also appreciate when people capitalize and spell words correctly. We’re called The Correctionists. It’s not that we are walking around like Lynn Truss with our Sharpie markers, though I admire [...]
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