This is a blog about grammar and proper word usage. However, for a change, it is not a rant. Just a post for you to read in case you’re as curious as I was. About what, you ask? The difference between nauseous and nauseated. You see, I’ve always known there was a difference, but I [...]
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In Case You’re Curious
Posted in Writing on June 17, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The “Infamous” Quotation Marks
Posted in Writing on June 18, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve been doing a lot of proofreading and grading recently, which means grammar is more and more the uppermost thing on my mind. Today, I will address two main misuses of quotation marks. First, I would like to address the mistaken idea that you need to use quotation marks in order to make a phrase [...]
Everyday Mistakes
Posted in Writing on June 15, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Besides the Oxford comma, another common mistake is the misuse of “everyday.” Unlike “alright,” which is just an informal meshing of two words, “everyday” and “every day” actually have two separate meanings. To put it briefly, “everyday” is an adjective, while “every day” is an adjective followed by a noun. Before I took Latin and [...]
Grammar Debate: The Oxford Comma
Posted in Writing on June 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I’m not sure if it’s actually referred to as “the Oxford comma,” but I heard it on Stephen Colbert last night, so I’m running with it. The point is, it’s quite often the subject of debate. What is the Oxford comma? It’s that last comma separating the items in a series. For example, in a, [...]
Sweet and Salty
Posted in Work, Writing on August 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
First of all, The Brink Online published an article of mine, “Be Salty.” Go read it, comment on it, and check out the site. It’s great. The “sweet” part is that I’m free from the cafeteria job. I’ve known several people who’ve worked two jobs. They’ve made it sound pretty easy. So I decided I’d [...]
A Chapter a Day
Posted in Writing on July 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
…Ok, well, a chapter a week. I’ve committed myself to finishing at least one chapter of the book I’m writing every week. It’s not that much of a commitment since it’s a pre-teen fantasy novel and the chapters are pretty short. Still, I feel it’s a positive first step. I’ve been incredibly lackadaisical about finishing [...]
Waitressing Woes and Standing on the Brink
Posted in Work, Writing on July 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Working at Huddle House is both better and worse than I thought it would be. The job itself is pretty cool. Business is slow during the week, but it’s still kind of fun. The management, however… Well, I expected to be treated as subhuman when I took this job, but you expect that from the [...]
Clammy as a Funeral Garment
Posted in Work, Writing on May 26, 2009 | 1 Comment »
It has come to my attention that when things begin to get hectic, my blog is the first thing to go. My apologies. It turns out that taking the temp-permanent position was probably not, in fact, the right thing to do. I got laid off after about 3 weeks. However, because of that, I was [...]
Grass eating cat
Posted in Writing on February 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I saw an image captioned “Grass eating cat.” What do you think I was seeing? To me, that caption conjures an image of a cat being swallowed by some monstrous version of a venus flytrap. It’s saying, after all, the grass is eating the cat. That is not the image I was viewing, however. The [...]
