Don’t mess with infinitives… unless you’re a Trekkie.
Read moreA gerund and an infinitive walk into a bar, drinking to forget.
"Franklin the infinitive” and “Gerry the gerund” are pretty much Lilith and Norm from Cheers — except they’re friends. Check out their story on this week’s episode of Grammar Walks into a Bar… see you there!
Read moreThe Plight of the Interrobang
Don’t cry for the Interrobang. The truth is it never left us. It seems that until this day the interrobang still has a “cult following.” I kid you not.
Read moreA Misplaced Modifier Walks into a Bar...
Grammar jokes are back! Dance along to the ballad of Mimi and Ralph with a cold one.
Read morePssst! Hey, Word Whiz. Take the Word Nerd Quiz!
Are you a word whiz? Want to tell that homophone who’s boss? Take the newly invented quiz for word nerds, by yours truly. But first, let me set the scene.
Read moreExpletive Infixation: Insert Bleeeeep Here
Because I’m a curious, potty-mouthed, pseudo-linguist, this got me thinking of other uses of my newfound friend, the expletive infixation.
Read moreThe SarcMark Debate
Part of the charm and fun of embedding sarcasm or irony in writing is that the reader gets to discover it (or not) like treasure!
Read moreA Mixed Metaphor Walked into a Bar...
You get some funny sh!t when you’re scrambling to finish a well-known phrase and you mix it up with another.
Read moreThree Intransitive Verbs Walk into a Bar. They sit. They converse. They depart.
Intransitive. Referring to verbs. Meaning not transitive. Cool. What’s the deal? Is this joke even funny?
Read moreA Bar Was Walked into by the Passive Voice
A bar joke and a grammar joke had a baby. New Bob (blog) post is here to cheer your Friday. See you at the bar…
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