by Dave B | Lessons
Often vs. OffTen & Other Silent Letters The t in often is a silent letter. This mistake has grown to epidemic – maybe even pandemic – proportions. The number of people who are screwing it up is almost beyond control, but maybe this book can help turn the tide and... 
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Candidate for a Pullet Surprise By Jerrold H. Zar and Mark Eckman (Title by Pamela Brown) Although this was written in the 1990s, it’s even more relevant today. It uses lots of homophones to show how spell checkers can be fooled, and make you look like a fool!... 
by Dave B | Lessons
Capitalization Matters… and What are Pride Caps? Capitalization is the difference between helping your Uncle Jack off a donkey and helping your uncle jack off a donkey. (Interestingly, a male donkey is also called a jack.) The example above demonstrates the... 
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Can you find the mistakes? (Full explanations for each one are in the book.) Buy on Amazon There were 15 mistakes in this post as it appeared on social media… how many did you find? All of the mistakes are in red. Just hover or tap on them to see the... 
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Talk-Texting – Using Punctuation on Your Phone Smartphone the F*ck Up! Many people exclusively use their smartphone to communicate these days, and lots of them say they don’t use punctuation because they use speech-to-text or talk-to-text. Well, guess what? Your... by Dave B. | Lessons
Using A vs. An Just a heads up – this is probably one of the more grammar-nerdish chapters, so you may have to come back to it a few times. If it gets to be too much, just skip it. There’s lots more to learn. You can sound like a 3-year-old and say, “I want a... 