missed opportunity

I finally found something cool to blog about last week. It was about National Grammar Day, but when I blogged about it, it was several days before. So I saved it and was going to post it on March 4th, the official National Grammar Day. Of course, I forgot. Then my daughter beat to me the punch by posting a link to the site that I had linked to. But I'm going to post it anyway, because grammar is important any day of the week. Especially when you have an essay test and a history paper due in the same week!

Here you go.

Dedicated to my grammar queen daughter, Kristen.
Happy Belated National Grammar Day!

Today, March 4th, is National Grammar Day!

So speak clearly, correctly and with good grammar. Spell check and proofread your written work so that you don't accidentally type grammer instead of grammar like I almost did!

Last semester in my English 102 class I received the best proofreading advice I've ever gotten. So here's to Ms. Sharp and requirements for each essay:
1. Essay has been proofread for typographical errors.
2. Essay has been proofread for grammatical errors.
3. Essay has been proofread for mechanical errors.
4. Essay has been read through, sentence by sentence from back to front, to catch other sentence level errors missed in first three proofreading sessions.
5. Essay has been read through, aloud, from front to back, to check transitions, syntax, and general flow

Having followed those guidelines I was surprised at how many typos and awkward sentences I found. But I fixed them and got comments like "Love it! This was an absolute joy to read!" on my papers.

For those interested, there's a fun website called Grammar Girl. She lists the top 10 grammar myths in honor of National Grammar Day.

Have fun. And hopefully you won't have to backspace and correct grammer I mean grammar as many times as I have today!