... week I found out about Grammar Girl, and it's been love ever since. For those of you who are later to the game than I, Grammar Girl is a semi-weekly podcast about English grammar. I am a self-styled Grammar Nazi, so when I found out about her podcast, I knew I had to listen. Over the course of two days this week, I listened to around 30 episodes. Each is around 5 minutes long, so you can listen to ...

... . Today's poem really caught my interest, because it had to do with both technology AND grammar. I had to share. Windows is Shutting Down by Clive James Windows ... Norton & Company, 2008. I'm pretty attune to grammar mistakes, and the Windows phrase never appeared on my radar. ... experience. As a programmer, I'm a stickler for proper, clear grammar in error messages and other user prompts. My coworkers ...

... interested in their explaining to me or making a mental list of all the grammar uses that a certain pattern has.For example, think of your own native language. Name all the tenses that you can find in ... or patterns that may be important for them to learn at their stage (i.e. grammar) You can systematize it more formally and teach them how it works. After all, they have already seen it in practice ...

... books online that will help users master the rules of grammar. One book in particular worth checking out is The American Heritage ... English UsageSyntaxis - Syntaxis allows you to test your knowledge of grammar with this ten-question quiz. The questions change ... AutoCrit Editing Wizard can check writing for grammar errors, clichés and other no-no's. AutoCrit also provides a number of other writing ...

... : a series of 12-pt. quizzes, that cover all grammar, all the time. Simple a-b-c-d multiple choice, but ... , stuff they never covered and never will. My attitude at first was, after they pass my level, which many will, they won't have another grammar class, they'll only have writing. If I at least show them what they don't know, they can then at least go look it up before they leave. When I found out ...

... racism, elitism and ignorance that are masked by false justifications based on grammar.Language learningLinked to the above is the need to help people learn a second language. This works ... that had previously escaped notice. In other words, may people study grammar for fun.The above is overly simplified and there are many other reasons besides, but hopefully this will be enough to prod my mother and ...