Trust me; they’re
out there, and they’re armed to the teeth.
Smith &
Wessons, Strunk & Whites, red Sharpies
you name
it, they've got it.
They’re
grammar police…
and today
is their special day.
Yes, on the
one and only date of the entire year that forms its own imperative, it is also National Grammar Day.
That’s gramMAR, for those of you who were about
to run out and buy a card for your Nana.
So slow
down, keep an eye out for the coppers, and write well NOT good.
Meanwhile,
on the other side of town…
Yep, he dangled
a participle.
Don’t say
you haven’t been warned.
PROMPT: National Grammar Day was started by grammar guru Martha
Brockenbrough back in 2008. Celebrate it by breaking out The Elements of Style by William Strunk and E.B. White and going to
editing town on one of your manuscripts.
Then, for
an enchanting (and grammatically correct) break, pick up a copy of Martha
Brockenbrough’s YA novel, Devine
Intervention — it is positively DElightful!
Happy National Grammar Day, Barb! Yay for Martha B. and DEVINE INTERVENTION--and THE ELEMENTS OF STYLE, of course.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Dawn! I've got a Strunk & White in one holster and a red pen in the other -- obviously, it's been a great day! :) I hope yours was super-grammar-fab as well!
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