You know that no one EVER uses English grammar after they're out of school... or so goes the rumor among English grammar-burdened farmboys in north-central Arkansas.Mama
I envision those poor, weary farmboys hunched over with stacks of dependent clauses piled on their backs, their knees creaking under the weight of those lazy, useless clauses that can't take care of themselves. Nonetheless, the Arkansas farmboys try so desperately to teach them how to stand alone like the well-behaved, independent clauses grazing peacefully in the pasture. To read more go here...
--who appreciates (but doesn't always follow) the proper use of the English language.

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Hey y'all! Thought you might be interested in this:
http://csagov.org/
The "English as a Something Language" post was funny! How can anyone say the study of grammar isn't fun!?
Love,
Grandmother,
The Grammar Gramma
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