Snaps on Bad Grammar

This cartoon is funny because the English teacher was arrested because of her inability to keep a sign using incorrect grammar. The English teacher saw that the sign read 'Do you got milk?' She couldn't stand the sign being incorrect, so she crossed off the 'got' and added 'have any'. The cops arrested her for vandalizing property.

Facebook questioning of commas

On Facebook, I noticed a friend of mine had posted a status asking if any 'English buffs' knew whether  a comma goes before or after the 'and' in a sentence, or not at all. Some friends had commented saying no comma, while others stated that because of the Oxford comma, and to make the sentence sound more grammatically correct, a comma should be placed before the 'and'.

I believe without the Oxford comma, the sentence is incomplete and can be taken a different way than the meaning originally intended.

A Second Oxford Comma Cartoon

With the oxford comma, the sentence implies that the individual had eggs, toast, and orange juice separately. Without it, the sentence implies that the individual had eggs and toast with orange juice on it.

Oxford Comma

This cartoon shows that with the oxford comma, the sentence shows that we invited 3 different groups of individuals: the strippers, JFK, and Stalin. Without the oxford comma, the sentence implies that only 2 individuals were invited, and those are the 2 strippers, JFK and Stalin. Without the comma, the sentence is interpreted incorrectly, and comically.

Grammar Cartoon

I find this cartoon funny because 'bestest' and 'irregardless' are not grammatically correct, and the English teacher doesn't want a sign to be posted that is not correct.

Now write vs right??

A friend recently showed me a text she had written to an ex-boyfriend. In the text she wrote, "You always run write back to her." I could see someone writing rite instead of right, whether to text faster or just a mistake slipping, but write?? I wouldn't have even thought to write 'write' for 'right'. Hmm...

Just another touch of 'there'

Just going off of my last there, to, and your blog.. it's amazing how a professor at a university doesn't use basic grammar. The same professor that I mentioned writing "If p than q", wrote "Most living things have..... that make up there cellular chemistry." There? Really? I know mistakes occur, but the basics of grammar should be carried out in writing..