Okay. Crack knuckles. Stretch back. I'm diving in with a big, huge, MAMMOTH-SIZED grammatical topic at the request of Maxabella. We all know the third person singular pronouns. He, she and it. (Side note: we'll use the subject form of pronouns for ...
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Practical grammactical: when wrong is more right than right
I'm guessing I've lost a lot of readers just from the title of this post. For those of you still reading, welcome to this third instalment of Practical Grammactical. We've blitzed through punctuation and discussed some one-word/two-word ...
Practical grammactical: when is a word not a word?
When is a word not a word? When it should be two words. Thank you all for your enthusiasm with the launch of Practical Grammactical last month. (And particularly big thanks to Bron at Maxabella loves for kicking it all off by asking for this ...
Practical grammactical: punctuation part II
Hello there! Welcome to the beginning of what might become a new series at emhawkerblog. I call it the beginning, but really, this is the second post (hence the 'part II' in the title). The first post went live about half an hour ago over at ...
Emojis as words – Oxford Dictionaries Word of the Year
Last week, Oxford Dictionaries announced the 'Face with Tears of Joy' emoji as its 2015 Word of the Year (for the US and the UK). OUTRAGEOUS, huh? Except not really. For what it's worth, I don't emoji. I'm not cool enough. (Remember when ...
Work/life balance/juggle/ebb-and-flow
Image source I'm living a bit of a conundrum at the moment. I recently(ish) decided I was sick of working from home. I was sick of feeling like I should be with the kids when I'm working, and I was just as sick of feeling like I should be ...
Youse pedants are gonna love this post
I was recently discussing pronouns with a close friend. (Don't you just wish you were my friend? Constant conversational parties around here. PRONOUNS. WOOT.) It started with a discussion of gender-neutral third person singular pronouns - ...
Reflecting on 2015
Warning: self-indulgence ahead. Still here? Fabulous! But don't say I didn't warn you. This time last year, I reflected on the year that was. My 'greatest hits' of the year, by month, in reverse order. And it was a lovely way to round out the ...