Showing posts with label Grammar. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Grammar. Show all posts

Friday, June 11, 2010

The Cereal Killer has left the building


It has been a wonderful and busy June for our family, especially for our youngest son, S. He finished his first season playing Flag Football, had a great time, and looks forward to playing next year. This is how we define a successful season. Winning first place is just an added bonus. At our team party, we had a cake from a favorite local bakery to celebrate. It is always a risk to order your cake over the phone from those for whom English is a second language. So, Go Viking!!! (Now, just which Viking would that be???)

S. also "promoted"* from the 6th Grade at the elementary school. He has been there since kindergarten (7 years), and we are so ready to move on, especially after the school yard duty ladies made him turn his Cereal Killer tshirt inside out because Cereal Killer invokes violence. Yes, really! Guns Don't Kill People, Puns Do. This is the same school where the teacher requested No Weaponry in a World War II report.

Overall, S. received a great education and preparation for transition to Junior High School. However, I hope at S.'s new school, they won't suffer from a shortage of commas.

*Politically correct term for "graduation" from anything other than kindergarten, high school, and college.

Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Loose Grammar on the Slopes for Almost Wordless Wednesday



Don't you think someone would have caught this error when printing up these signs for a big enterprise like Mammoth Mountain Ski resort?



I am posting today at The Motivation Station about the two "D" words, Death and Denial, and you thought I was all fun and games?? Thanks so much.

Wednesday, March 10, 2010

It's Like Burying the Survivors

So do you see anything wrong with this sentence written by our 12 y/o son for a report on the World War II Battle of Bastogne?

"Some of these German spies escaped, were found and sent to court, or executed."


My husband said, "It's like burying the survivors". Really?