To my fellow Bloggingtonians,
Grammar matters. And spelling. And punctuation. And sentence structure. And...let me try this again.
Grammar, spelling, punctuation, and sentence structure matter. Nailed it.
The grammar exam is coming up and I reckon I'll do just fine. (compound-sentence structure)
If I go crazy, that's another story. I'm pretty paranoid about my writing now. So many rules to memorize... It can't be healthy. Some of em' stick wit' me: farther is distance, further is degree; whom is the object and receives action, who is a subject (I just remember that you use whom in place of him, her, me, they, etc. and you use who in place of he, she, I, them); I choke on the affect/effect scenario; and a lot of other rules.
Yeah, life goes on. I suppose it's good practice. I feel like it probably would have been better to learn all of this years ago. But, as President Uchtdorf pointed out not too long ago, according to an old proverb, "The best time to plant a tree is twenty years. The second-best time is now." Guess I'll settle for second best.
I learned that "Only know you love her when you let her go," is very different from "You know only you love her when you let her go," or "You know you only love her when you let her go," etc,
And--get this--"swum" is a word. Yep, it's real. Get used to it.
So, by having learned so very much, I'd have to say the greatest lesson I learned was that I have so much more to learn. And that's what I'll do. I'll study, practice, guess, check(transitive verb, by the way), ask(regular verb, by the way) for help, and then school that test.
Yep, that's my simple plan.
Alex Nielson, over and out.
Nice plan Alex. Yeah it's true, the more I learn about correct grammar principles, the more I realize how bad I am at English. The best thing we can do is to practice. If afterward we don't get the results that we want, we should just practice some more until we master that certain skill. Mastery of skills begets confidence and contentment in life.
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Keep it cruisin'
Ian J
First of all, I love your blog Alex! It's so fun! And I also loved your post. I'm pretty sure that this post helped you internalize all of those grammar rules that you have just been trying to remember. I didn't know swum was a word either--and now I do. It's quite interesting. I actually have learned quite a bit of stuff with this grammar section and now I'm noticing that I correct myself when I speak. It's actually quite annoying, but I think we'll make it through! Thanks for your post Alex!
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