Well, this is the first post of the Bear Print Grammar Blog. Although grammar and punctuation are not really exciting topics to a lot of people, there are some people out there who do care about these things! I'm one of them!
English is a wonderful language--malleable, flexible, breathing, and changing! If you have questions about word usage, spelling, punctuation, sentence structure, or other topics related to the English language, you're in the right place.
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Ever wonder about the Queen's English? Should that be a comma or a semi-colon? Is it "different from" or "different than"? In this blog, we'll answer all those questions you have about grammar, punctuation, sentence structure, and more!
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Pamela
About Me
- Pamela
- I have an M.A. in Interdisciplinary Studies (English and History) from the University of Northern British Columbia. I am a former writer and editor at a weekly newspaper in a rural area. My writing has appeared in periodicals such as The Northern Review, The Financial Post, Canadian Mining Journal, B.C. Report, B.C. Business, The Teaching Professor, and Reflections on Water.
2 comments:
Greetings! I'd love your opinion on something that often stymies me. Sometimes it seems that using what we've learned is 'correct' grammar when writing or speaking kind of makes things sound affected, stuffy even. Hmm...example...like never ending with a preposition ~ this can make a sentence sound awkward and lumbering. What do you think - any advice? Thanks!
You're right! Sometimes "correct" grammar can make us sound stuffy, but what's "correct" in one situation might not be so "correct" for another. It's useful, then, to make a distinction between formal, written English and informal, conversational English. Let's face it: a job interview and a get-together with friends may not call for the same language. The key is using the most appropriate language for the situation that you're in.
As for ending a sentence with a preposition (as I just did!), we only have to look at one of the most famous examples to recognize that that rule is not always useful. When an editor rearranged some of Sir Winston Churchill's prose, Churchill is reputed to have scribbled the following reply: “This is the sort of English up with which I will not put.”
Pamela
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