tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post9168412229449399912..comments2024-01-12T00:48:48.031-06:00Comments on Go Teen Writers: Grammar Gray AreasStephanie Morrillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13128389560727867719noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-83803205520742878252013-05-24T18:07:28.350-05:002013-05-24T18:07:28.350-05:00The Elements of Style is an amazingly helpful guid...The Elements of Style is an amazingly helpful guide. I'd definitely recommend getting a copy!!Abigail Lockharthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14600574783853670363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-34777374647488653742013-05-23T21:49:12.420-05:002013-05-23T21:49:12.420-05:00Really interesting post, thank you! I never knew a...Really interesting post, thank you! I never knew a lot of that! <br />JohannaJohannanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-74949870339660108652013-05-23T17:30:11.643-05:002013-05-23T17:30:11.643-05:00I'd seriously never thought about that ... See...I'd seriously never thought about that ... See, this is why I don't like grammar.<br />I never learned how to diagram sentences, for some reading, but oddly enough, my mom loves it. It's the only thing similar to math that she actually likes.<br />Thanks for the post, Stephanie! I'll be sure to keep this in mind . . . <br />KatiaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-15784923959916252992013-05-23T13:58:13.237-05:002013-05-23T13:58:13.237-05:00Living in the UK, I can tell you honestly that, ye...Living in the UK, I can tell you honestly that, yes, metric is *much* easier.<br /><br />That's good to know :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11828772181763803223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-60578269454550931062013-05-23T13:35:27.912-05:002013-05-23T13:35:27.912-05:00Yea! I'm not the only one who struggles with g...Yea! I'm not the only one who struggles with grammar! It doesn't matter how many times I look things up in the Chicago Manual, the English language still doesn't make sense to me (probably why I was a science geek in school, that was a subject I could understand ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-29525759197126760522013-05-23T13:17:52.488-05:002013-05-23T13:17:52.488-05:00Sorry about the crazy amount of spam on the blog t...Sorry about the crazy amount of spam on the blog today! I'm deleting it when I catch it, but the bots seem to know when I'm at the grocery store and not paying attention...Stephanie Morrillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13128389560727867719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-87040155852581650022013-05-23T13:16:59.908-05:002013-05-23T13:16:59.908-05:00Agreed! My husband says the same thing about measu...Agreed! My husband says the same thing about measurements. He wants to switch the U.S. over to the metric system :)<br /><br />And unless you're an English teacher, you can probably get by without having to diagram a sentence. I've yet to use it in my profession :)Stephanie Morrillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13128389560727867719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-84949119856204100512013-05-23T13:15:42.559-05:002013-05-23T13:15:42.559-05:00I know, right? Here I've always thought there ...I know, right? Here I've always thought there was ONE right way. Stephanie Morrillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13128389560727867719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-55100126641453189772013-05-23T13:15:07.301-05:002013-05-23T13:15:07.301-05:00Oh, wow, Abby! That's pretty cool.Oh, wow, Abby! That's pretty cool.Stephanie Morrillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13128389560727867719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-11643673648078814152013-05-23T13:13:48.084-05:002013-05-23T13:13:48.084-05:00I know! Same with french fries and french doors an...I know! Same with french fries and french doors and all that stuff. Makes my spell check so angry. But I've also always thought French fries looked a bit weird, so I'm a fan of CMoS's stance on this.Stephanie Morrillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13128389560727867719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-8468229377797330462013-05-23T13:12:37.343-05:002013-05-23T13:12:37.343-05:00Good for you, Amanda! I'll be happy to get a r...Good for you, Amanda! I'll be happy to get a refresher course when McKenna and Connor are learning about it in school :)Stephanie Morrillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13128389560727867719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-59309327014334316872013-05-23T11:20:38.827-05:002013-05-23T11:20:38.827-05:00Sentence diagramming? I've never been taught h...Sentence diagramming? I've never been taught how to do that :/<br /><br />Hopefully my life will never depend on that skill. I wondered about ellipsis too though, about spaces vs no spaces. Why can't they just agree on some definite global rules and make everyone's life simpler?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11828772181763803223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-47102570432270919742013-05-23T07:07:57.563-05:002013-05-23T07:07:57.563-05:00Why can't grammar just be simple and straight ...Why can't grammar just be simple and straight forward? Thanks for the explanaition on elipses though, cause I had a feeling I would never get them right, but now I know why, I think ...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15317792300616098592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-64319038219664157942013-05-23T06:45:07.686-05:002013-05-23T06:45:07.686-05:00This is good to know! I've always wondered abo...This is good to know! I've always wondered about this, especially the ellipses. :) <br /><br />When I was in 5th grade I did TONS of diagramming. We even diagrammed one sentence that took up our whole blackboard. It was a pretty big blackboard too. I'm pretty sure that I've forgotten everything about diagramming sentences by now, though. <br /><br />Great Post! <br /><br />-Abby :D Abigail Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03917273998248114874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-2960495128288118992013-05-23T06:37:34.328-05:002013-05-23T06:37:34.328-05:00Just to make our lives more complicated ...
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...Just to make our lives more complicated ... <br />: )<br /><br />oh, I never saw brussel sprouts *as I was typing that, the spell check wants to capitalize that* that way. Alyson Schrollhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10985230257033740736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-77121067087728874302013-05-23T06:32:45.321-05:002013-05-23T06:32:45.321-05:00*GASP* Grammar isn't always...definite?!?! Wow...*GASP* Grammar isn't always...definite?!?! Wow. I never knew that. Hm. Good to know.<br /><br />*raises hand* I can diagram sentences! Thank you English books for the past 4 years! xD Not sure when or if I will need to use it, though. Amanda Fischerhttp://alifeonmission.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com