Do You Ever Get Stuck in Grammar's Attic?

Interesting and good discussion.  Most of us do need the additional coaching (?) regarding use of various words in the English language.  Thanksfor the link also.

Michael:  I remember one time when I was selling a new home, the buyer got into a disagreement with the on-site sales rep about the hard-surface counter tops.  They were not included, but the buyer was "taking it for granite" that they were.  (LOL)

Michael:  Yes I was, and my comment should have been a "concrete example" of that.  Sometimes things are just "hard" to understand. 

By the way... just for fun, here... many folks mistakenly call their driveway a "cement" driveway.  The "cement" is actually the powder that, when mixed with the aggregate and other materials, bings them together to form the concrete.

This was so much fun to read and the comments and interactions made it even better.  Should one start a sentence with this?  I'm going to subscribe to the grammar "thingy" email :)

Michael,

Thank you for including that link, which I will use because I need it. I believe I run afoul of what I have learned from simply being in a hurry. I am pleased that you brought this subject up as I am a new blogger and just became a rain maker two days ago. Perhaps I can start off on the (correct) foot. Oh, by the way; the comments on your blog are fun to read (in a word smithy way). (I think I use parentheses too often.) (I can't even remember where I picked up this bad habit. (I sometimes even use double parentheses.)) (:o}›

Michael:  Sometimes, some of us find it necessary to both watch our grammar, AND use Spell-Check.  Even though I used to teach Spelling when I taught in Elementary School... I hit the Spell-Check button for every post and every comment.

Cute title. Bad grammar used to drive me up the wall, but now I've loosened up and sometimes do this myself. 

Michael... similar to your comment on "auto-correct"... about a month ago I was just finishing a post I wrote about the Ordination of a Woman Priest.

I hit spell check, and the little gnomes who inhabit that little Spell-Check entity didn't like the word "ordination."  They wanted to substitute "urination."  Seriously.  I chose to stay with Ordination.  The Sister who was ordained... agreed.

Great link.  I went and signed up.  Thanks for the post.