Real Good Grammar
Well since my blog article was posted on a popular website and got slammed for bad writing, I've decided to review grammar rules. See if you can answer these questions:- Do you know the difference between affect and effect?
- Do you know whether to place periods and commas inside or outside closing quotation marks?
- Do you know when to use these words: lie, lying, lay, lain; laying, laid? Or do you just avoid them all together?
- Do you know when to use a semicolon?
- Do you sometimes use the word that to avoid making a decision about who and whom?
- Do you often use myself when you can't decide whether to use I or me?
- Which is correct: sincerest, most sincerest, or most sincere?
- Is this sentence correct? We appreciate you contacting us.
- Do you know what subjunctive mood is?
- If you saw this sentence on the front of a major magazine or newspaper, would you call the publisher or editor to complain about the grammar? Have the media been fair and responsible in reporting the events?
- If you put your family's last name on a door knocker, a welcome mat, or a Christmas card, would you use an apostrophe -- the Smith's?
- Does this look wrong to you -- Keeping up with the Joneses?
- Is its, its' or it's correct in this sentence? The naval museum celebrates ___ anniversary.
- Is it sexist to use a masculine pronoun to refer to a word with dual gender like employee or student?
- Is it a historical or an historical occasion?
- Should job titles be capitalized?
- Is irregardless a word?
posted by AnotherGeek @ 9:56 PM
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