Hello Mr. Grammar, good to meet you!

Alright my fellow brothers in arms (wordcast buddies not limited to gender or wether or not you have arms) it is time for us to evaluate something, I think. I have read through many a post since my fledgling days back in February when I first began to wordcast and there has been one common thread that has been a constant source of anxiety, humor, frustration, and predictability. What is that common thread you might ask? Bad grammar!

So I would just like to take a few moments and share my opinion on this topic. I will lay out a disclaimer that I really don’t mind reading through an ill-prepared post, grammatically speaking. However, I seek the fruit that abounds to your account when I hi-light little foul ups here and there, not that it is here nor there because it seems to be everywhere. I am jeoulous that you would all pursue excellence in all areas of life, particularly in the area of writing. On a serious note, who knows how many people read your stuff (or decide not to read, depending on the grammer of the post) in a day that is a direct reflection of your life, thoughts, style, convictions and so forth and what not. With that said let us begin our little lesson, shall we?

Here are a few things to work on if you so choose. 1) The difference between to and too. If you can say ”as well” instead of ”to” then you should probably use the other “too”. 2) Commas are good, they break up sentences that are really long. It’s hard to stop a sentence with a period if it is one continual thought, so it is good to break it up with commas. A general rule of thumb is that commas are fun and you can never really have enough of them, unless, of, course, they, are after, every, stinkin, word. 3) Spelling is a must. Spelling is a really good gauge to see where you are with discipline in various areas of life. If a word looks funny then it probably is, look it up please, just fix it. There is nothing worse for me than to be reading through a sentence and stop to look at the mispelling of a word and then try to pick up the flow of thought. 4) Paragraphs help a ton. Any time you start a new train of thought with words it is best to give it its own section, just to respect it. Thoughts like to be catagorized, much like people. They just work better when they are in the proper context with their other sentence buddies. They are more comfortable there. 5) Apostrophy and conjunction are good buds, they don’t like to be seperated. Here is a visual. Its good for them to be together or it’s good to be together. Notice the apostrophy connecting it and is to make a little baby we have just named it’s. Make sense? 5) Lastly, i before e except after c. Recieve, no. Receive, yes. Well done class.

Well, that should just about conclude our lesson today. I hope you enjoyed yourselves. I realize that most people don’t care about the grammer in their lives but if you take the time to do things right it will eventually change things for good. I did have the privilege to go to a private Christian school all through my intellectual years between the ages of 8-16.  So, I am just passing on what I have learned, most of which I never thought I would need. Little did I know that one day I would have my very own wordcast to springboard my teaching of grammer. Thank you Mrs. Turner, you were a wonderful lady and a precious soul indeed, you have taught many well.