Posts tagged grammar.

“I don’t need you and your misplaced prepositions” - baby Gus

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darkjez:

ireallyhatecornnuts:

doingtheneedful:

mightymur:

The final, brilliant word on passive voice.
“She was killed [by zombies.]” <—- passive
“Zombies killed [by zombies] her.” <—- active

Welp.

Oh my god, best passive voice identification tool ever.

This is on par with the moment that I learned “the alligator always eats the bigger number” when determining whether to use greater than or less than sign. 
Life changing shit, seriously.

darkjez:

ireallyhatecornnuts:

doingtheneedful:

mightymur:

The final, brilliant word on passive voice.

“She was killed [by zombies.]” <—- passive

“Zombies killed [by zombies] her.” <—- active

Welp.

Oh my god, best passive voice identification tool ever.

This is on par with the moment that I learned “the alligator always eats the bigger number” when determining whether to use greater than or less than sign. 

Life changing shit, seriously.

10.27.12 ♥ 54546

rocknrollercoaster:

Suspicious Quotation Marks

09.11.12 ♥ 98947

“Dear everyone: To ‘lose’ your socks is to misplace them. To ‘loose’ your socks is to unleash their awesome powers on an unsuspecting world”

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So, if you are a poor black kid, you should make being able to read a priority. However, if you are a mediocre white jackass, you can skate through life without learning proper grammar. In fact, you can publish your mediocre drivel, chock full of grammatical errors, in a national magazine, while having the AUDACITY to explain that poor black kids need to learn how to read. You even have a fucking editor! Poor black kids don’t have editors. What’s your excuse Gene? Hey jackass, it’s “were”, not “was”. If I WERE a poor black kid, (

Daily Kos: WTF Gene! (via abagond)

ha ha ha

ha ha ha

the subjunctive gets them every time…

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