10 Hilarious Videos About Grammar. Life in the age of the Internet can be a frustrating thing, especially when it comes to proper grammar.
The guys of Lonely Island recently created a hashtag rap that honors the semicolon, which had our grammar Nazi senses tingling. You can watch it after the break, where we’ve rounded up other videos that poke fun at the world’s grammar mistakes. Feel free to vent your own grammatical frustrations in the comments and share a related video you love. The Lonely Island’s new album arrives on June 11. Funny men Akiva Schaffer, Jorma Taccone, and Andy Samberg released their latest Wack Wednesday song, “Semicolon,” featuring Solange. What’s an Appositive, Charlie Brown? Free modifier as appositive: Lucy, the unrelenting tormenter of Charlie Brown, would not give that football gag a rest.
Bound appositive: Lacking a gene in compassion, Linus’s sister Lucy tricked the stupid neighbor boy again. Appositive as reiteration: If I could just kick that ball, that ball that hangs before me like a supplication, I might for once know happiness. Appositive as synonym, end of a sentence: He hungered to kick it, the rubber bean-shaped pod, container of his coveted masculinity. Double and triple appositives: But it was such fun to watch him struggle, lose his balance, fall again onto the hard dirt, tears streaming from his eyes. Inverted appositive: A weak boy of little character, Linus saw his friend’s unremitting abuse, and yet he told no one of it. Appositives in the middle of a sentence: He rationalized that what he witnessed was not violence—hitting, striking, bloodletting—but rather the petty slings and arrows that children must endure until they become strong. 7 sentences that sound crazy but are still grammatical.
Eyebeam Opens Emoji Art Show in New York. 7 sentences that sound crazy but are still grammatical. Grammar. This is a grammar comic about the proper usage of who versus whom.
A look at the meaning of "flushing out an idea. " This comic will LITERALLY make butterflies explode out of your underpants. A guide explaining when to use i.e. instead of e.g. A little bit ironic, dontcha think? The most feared punctuation on earth. The right way to use an apostrophe (in illustrated form). All artwork and content on this site is Copyright © 2016 Matthew Inman. BHS English Department. BHS English Department "A Room Without Books is Like a Body Without a Soul" – Cicero Skip to content Grammar Handouts 2013-14 sophomores: I will try to rearrange this list into something chronological, rather than alphabetical as the year goes on.
If you find any sheets here that do not match with the ones I distribute in class, please bring it to my attention. FIRST SEMESTERApostrophesSimile Metaphor Analogy ClichéStory Arc IntroVerb Basics(Participles, Tenses) Accent Marks BHS Common Errors Worksheet 5 of 8 BHS Common Errors Worksheet 6 of 8Direct & Indirect ObjectsTen French PhrasesTen Literary DevicesPronoun Crash Course Vol. 1 Pronoun Crash Course Vol. 2 SECOND SEMESTER Abbreviations BHS Common Errors Worksheet 7 of 8 BHS Common Errors Worksheet 8 of 8 Hyphens It, This, Thing Passive Voice Worksheet Plurals Psychoses SymbolismTen German Phrases Ten Latin PhrasesVerb complexities Share this: Like this: Like Loading... Leave a Reply Devil’s AdvocateError: Twitter did not respond.
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