grammar

Sorta reminds me of the punctuation puzzle: Jones where Smith had had had had had had had had had had had the instructors approval

Quoted: Believe it or not, this sentence is grammatically correct and has meaning: “Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo.” First devised by professor William ...

In belated celebration of grammar day...

"There is data available" and "There are data available" are both correct.

Quoted: Today, data is used in English both as a plural noun meaning “facts or pieces of information” (These data are described more fully elsewhere) and as a singular mass noun meaning “information”: Not much data is available on flood control in Brazil.

What a freaking small world -- the columnist I work with at Encarta just forwarded me this Chicago Tribune article about the holiday she started, National Grammar Day (and her organzation SPOGG) -- and the Trib writer is a friend I went to college with and worked with on the student newspaper! Weird!!!!!

Quoted: I will have mixed feelings next week on National Grammar Day, March 4.

A book about diagramming sentences. I don't know about everyone else, but back in eighth grade, I *loved* diagramming sentences.

This book delves into the history of it, as well as discusses everything related to it. I heard an interview on NPR with the author about the book, and as seemingly boring a subject diagramming sentences may be, this one looks interesting.

Quoted: Amazon.com: The Deluxe Transitive Vampire: A Handbook of Grammar for the Innocent, the Eager and the Doomed: Books: Karen Elizabeth Gordon by Karen Elizabeth Gordon

Finally, a place to "vent" my "frustration"!

looks like it might be worth buying...

Quoted: The world is divided into two types of people: those who wince when they see the words Canadian geese in print, and those who don't. If you are the former, or if you are the latter working for the former, the The Associated Press Stylebook and Libel Manual provides invaluable assistance when you need to get your Canada geese all in a row. Countless newspapers and other publications base their style guides on this manual. The entries are arranged alphabetically and include issues of spelling, punctuation (there is no period in Dr Pepper), grammar, abbreviation, capitalization (Popsicle and Dumpster are, tollhouse cookies aren't), hyphenation (none, surprisingly, in ball point pen), and frequently misused words. There are also longer discussions of things such as Arabic names, chess notation, weather terms, and religious movements. Plus you'll find separate sections on sports writing, business writing, libel, and copyright.