Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Coping: Grammatical Errors

Nodding my head to Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog Soundtrack (the videos can be found here) 
Dying for Douceur de France... Mmmmm...
    So, I recently noticed, and not for the first time, that grammatical awareness is collectively dropping. It's really not something that's difficult to grasp - the use of apostrophes, commas, and the correct homonym (those three really get me). But there are more that I've noticed, especially on Facebook. I know many people argue that on Facebook it's not important to have proper grammar (spelling is another matter entirely), but is it really that difficult to throw in an apostrophe or a comma where needed? Or use "well" when necessary?
     Anyways. I've developed a few ways of coping with frustrating grammatical errors. Although I don't run into this error as often as others, the phrase "a lot" can be easily dealt with. Simply imagine the Alot, a friendly cross between a bear, a yak and a pug who eliminates anger at the misuse of "a lot." 
When people forget their commas, I imagine the phrase was meant to be worded that way. For example, on Facebook, someone said, "Thanks for hanging out with me lover butt." So this is what I imagined:
See where I'm going with this? With a little creativity, even the most irritating grammatical errors can become fun! (No, my butt is not really that big. I edited it. Now it's bursting with love.)
    So, I'm heading into snow day number four! This was my first week back in college for the semester, and still no classes! How fantastic is that? 

    [Subscribe if you wish your butt were as huge and love-filled as mine!] 
    Added: Have problems remembering how to spell simple words like awesome and awful? "'E's are for 'Awesome,' not for 'Awful.'" 

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