Pondering Grammar

Greetings Readers! It has been far too long since I last posted. I’ve finally been driven to write this by several comments I’ve seen on Facebook, all containing the same error. When you want to be a part of something, you certainly don’t want to be apart; but this is a mistake I’ve seen people… Read more

I enjoy reading. Not just enjoy – LOVE! It’s probably my favorite pastime. I regularly read multiple books at once, usually on my Kindle app. Unfortunately, there is an epidemic of poor grammar, spelling and punctuation in many of the self-published books available. If you want to publish a book – great! Get your work… Read more

I am definitely irritated by the frequent replacement of definitely with defiantly. As far as I can tell, this is simply a matter of people not paying attention when they’re typing. I would hope that people know the difference, though that may be asking too much. It’s one of those errors that is easy to… Read more

I was reading a book today. I know, shocker! I won’t write the name of the book, but it is a fairly well know children’s series. I found a grammatical error. Horrors! This makes me sad. I expect to find errors in self-published e-books; but not in an edited, printed, professionally-published book! The author used… Read more

I know it’s been a while since I posted. I’m going to try to write more often from now on.This afternoon, I was pondering the words leave and let. They are frequently used interchangeably, as in my title.Leave it be.Let it be.Leave it alone.Let it alone.However, the interchangeability breaks down quickly.Let it go.Leave it go.I have heard… Read more

I hope that anyone reading this realizes that I made the error in the title on purpose!  I haven’t seen excape in writing, but I hear it spoken frequently.  It is spelled, and pronounced, escape.  No x anywhere. Nowhere should one ever use no were unless referring to a were animal.  I would hope there are… Read more

This post is not about a complaint or pet peeve.  It is actually about something I appreciate in Oklahoma’s regional accent.Around here, people often pronounce the word pen as pin.  Because of that, they frequently qualify it by saying ink pin.  Thank you, Oklahomans, for this clarification.  It is appreciated.That is all. Read more

How high it is How wide it be How low it was Too far to see   Many people say and write heighth without a second thought.  Width and depth and even breadth are correct.  Heighth makes sense, right? It may make sense, but it is wrong! I don’t know why this one is different… Read more

One of my major pet peeves is the misuse of should have.  I frequently hear people say and see people write should of instead.  I think this may stem from the contraction should’ve, which sounds like should of when said aloud.  Go ahead, try it.  Okay, that is all about that one.  It’s just wrong. … Read more

People who know me well probably know that I do some gaming.  I play a few online role-playing games primarily.  I’m not a hardcore gamer by any means.  But I have noticed a number of misused (and misspelled) words while reading blogs and forums related to these games.  Some of these have really been bothering me. … Read more