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The internet is destroying grammar. We all tend to "change" the rules a bit in order to make a point or try to clarify meaning. I am a notorious abuser.
Lately, I've seen so many atrocious grammatical errors in some of the posts at PF that were unintentional that I felt it was time to put our members to the test.
Below are links to some fun tests on "Notorious Confusables". There are many other tests available on this site. If you get a run time error when you hit the "start this test" button, close the error box and just hit the "next question" button, the first question will be displayed for you to answer.
http://webster.commnet.edu/grammar/quizzes/notorious3.htm
http://webster.commnet.edu/grammar/quizzes/notorious5.htm
Below is a list of humorous grammar rules that all of the closet grammar nerds out there (you know who you are) will appreciate. The rest of you just won't get it.
HUMOROUS GRAMMAR RULES
1. Verbs HAS to agree with their subjects.
2. Never use a preposition to end a sentence with. Winston Churchill, corrected on this error once, responded to the young man who corrected him by saying "Young man, that is the kind of impudence up with which I will not put!
3. And don't start a sentence with a conjunction.
4. It is wrong to ever split an infinitive.
5. Avoid cliches like the plague. (They're old hat.)
6. Also, always avoid annoying alliteration.
7. Be more or less specific.
8. Parenthetical remarks (however relevant) are (usually) unnecessary.
9. Also too, never, ever use repetitive redundancies endlessly over and over again
10. No sentence fragments.
11. Contractions aren't always necessary and shouldn't be used to excess so don’t.
12. Foreign words and phrases are not always apropos.
13. Do not be redundant; do not use more words than necessary; it's highly superfluous and can be excessive
14. All generalizations are bad.
15. Comparisons are as bad as cliches.
16. Don't use no double negatives.
17. Avoid excessive use of ampersands & abbrevs., etc.
18. One-word sentences? Eliminate.
19. Analogies in writing are like feathers on a snake (Unless they are as good as gold).
http://www.creativeteachingsite.com/humorgrammar.htm
Lately, I've seen so many atrocious grammatical errors in some of the posts at PF that were unintentional that I felt it was time to put our members to the test.
Below are links to some fun tests on "Notorious Confusables". There are many other tests available on this site. If you get a run time error when you hit the "start this test" button, close the error box and just hit the "next question" button, the first question will be displayed for you to answer.
http://webster.commnet.edu/grammar/quizzes/notorious3.htm
http://webster.commnet.edu/grammar/quizzes/notorious5.htm
Below is a list of humorous grammar rules that all of the closet grammar nerds out there (you know who you are) will appreciate. The rest of you just won't get it.
HUMOROUS GRAMMAR RULES
1. Verbs HAS to agree with their subjects.
2. Never use a preposition to end a sentence with. Winston Churchill, corrected on this error once, responded to the young man who corrected him by saying "Young man, that is the kind of impudence up with which I will not put!
3. And don't start a sentence with a conjunction.
4. It is wrong to ever split an infinitive.
5. Avoid cliches like the plague. (They're old hat.)
6. Also, always avoid annoying alliteration.
7. Be more or less specific.
8. Parenthetical remarks (however relevant) are (usually) unnecessary.
9. Also too, never, ever use repetitive redundancies endlessly over and over again
10. No sentence fragments.
11. Contractions aren't always necessary and shouldn't be used to excess so don’t.
12. Foreign words and phrases are not always apropos.
13. Do not be redundant; do not use more words than necessary; it's highly superfluous and can be excessive
14. All generalizations are bad.
15. Comparisons are as bad as cliches.
16. Don't use no double negatives.
17. Avoid excessive use of ampersands & abbrevs., etc.
18. One-word sentences? Eliminate.
19. Analogies in writing are like feathers on a snake (Unless they are as good as gold).
http://www.creativeteachingsite.com/humorgrammar.htm
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