myradventures:
visual-poetry:
The Exclamation Comma. “Just because you’re excited about something doesn’t mean you have to end the sentence.”
14 Punctuation Marks You Never Knew Existed
(via loveyourchaos)
If you were to transcribe everything I said in a day, I’m sure you’d have quite a bit of the Exclamation Comma in there. And the Interrobang. ‽‽‽ @fivefifteen - Don’t show these to your students.
The amount of joy I got out of these new punctuation mark has nearly reduced me to tears. The exclamation comma would turn my crappy poetry into remarkably! crappy poetry.
Interesting sidenote. Do your students/did you ever see your former students do this? They’ll do the ^ mark, but they would make it upside down like a v and then write underneath the line rather than over it. They were not at all having it when I tried to tell them to do it like ^. I was watching eatyourkimchi today and they brought up the possibility of being trolled by students. I felt trolled by this. I also felt trolled by “Her-me-own” but you have to figure that’s Korea trolling the whole world in that case.
Toward or Towards? Grammar
I was writing this afternoon and decided to finally look this issue up. Sometimes I feel like the flow of the sentence wants one or the other, but feared I was wrong. Writersbag.com says this:
“Which of the following sentences is correct?
- He began to move toward his dream.
- He began to move towards his dream.
If you said the second sentence is correct, you’re right. If you said the first sentence is correct, you’re even more right.
Both “toward” and “towards” are technically correct, according to most English language stylebooks. The difference is, “towards” is more likely to be used these days by the Brits, while “toward” has become the American favorite.
The Associated Press Stylebook, which most American businesses and publications use, takes a distinctly American stance, saying simply, “toward, not towards.” In short, according to AP, “towards” is dead.
So if you’re an American, or gravitate to the American English way of life, you’re safer to bury “towards.” Say a few kind words over its grave and move on. If you’re British, or believe that the Queen’s English is the only true and living form of the world’s most robust language, go ahead and use “towards.”
It’s not worth another revolution.”
Mind blown. Not a grammar issue as all as opposed to an issue of the archaic. Language in action!
Teacher, Punish!
This week my students are practicing “some” and “any” and some examples of count and noncount words by playing Go Fish.
Being as it’s a game that precludes the rules of swearing for the majority of people who play it, my students are no exception.
-walking by a group of students playing the game-
Student: Do you have any hot dogs?
Other Student: #$(*@&#!^!!!!
Student: -GASP- !! Teacher, punish!!
No, I’m going to allow it, because when your best friend asks you for the hot dog card knowing that you have three, a little YOU’RE A GODDAMNED WHORE is sort of expected.
