Anyway, I ran across an article about celebrities and grammar after checking my Hotmail today. Not that I give a hoot in hell about how many exclamation points Kanye West uses in a blog post, but I've always had a small fascination with grammar. I guess knowing proper usage makes me feel somehow superior to my not-as-literate friends and colleagues.
To my pleasant surprise, I learned it was National Grammar Day. I didn't know there was even such a thing (I'm truly ashamed of my ignorance). However, I decided that since I still have this blog, this would be good enough reason to post to it.There's some cute little nuggets in the article, like the difference between a hyphen, en dash, and em dash, or when and how to use an ellipsis (those three little dots, for my neophyte grammarians). Hey, it may not be important to you….
Not only did I learn about National Grammar Day, I also learned about the The Society for the Promotion of Good Grammar, the folks that created it. Membership is, according to their website, free "for pen-toters appalled by wanton displays of Bad English."
Hey, don't mind if I do (it's free—and the mug looks cool).
