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SheilaT

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1. Nice. I read through the entire six posters

Reply to TreasonousBastard (Original post)

Mon Oct 14, 2013, 12:19 PM

Oct 2013

and found them totally charming.

I had the good fortune to attend school when they were still teaching grammar and all the things included in the posters were actually taught.

If I were dictator of this website, I'd send all those who use it's and its incorrectly, as well as those who clearly don't know the difference between they're, there, and their, to a special remedial part of DU. Not to mention those who have never noticed the check spelling button very near the post my reply button.

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"How to use a semicolon"... [View all] TreasonousBastard Oct 2013 OP

Nice. I read through the entire six posters SheilaT Oct 2013 #1

remidial kardonb Oct 2013 #6

Irony... Thor_MN Oct 2013 #8

Those posters would make great gifts for public school teachers... hunter Oct 2013 #2

don't care .... kardonb Oct 2013 #7

English is also a language that rapidly evolves and adapts. hunter Oct 2013 #9

Well... Rozlee Oct 2013 #3

Apostrophes... TheDebbieDee Oct 2013 #4

funny. unionthug777 Oct 2013 #5

I love semicolons; they save space. nt SunSeeker Oct 2013 #10

Isn't that what you have after a partial colectomy? McCamy Taylor Jun 2014 #11