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- eabettencourt added a post in the Grammar and Composition Group:
In reply to #32: Agreed. I never said grammar was not important. I simply have...
- kwoo1213 added a post in the Grammar and Composition Group:
In reply to #31: While I agree that content is, of course, very important, if...
- eabettencourt added a post in the Grammar and Composition Group:
Whew! I thought I got worked up over grammar!I LOVE the last sentence of post...
- kwoo1213 added a post in the Grammar and Composition Group:
Another really annoying thing for me that I have told students to never do is say,...
- frizzyperm added a post in the Grammar and Composition Group:
People who insist on 'whom' - bleah, it's nit-picking historic whimsy. Same with...
- michael336 added a post in the Grammar and Composition Group:
Number one pet peeve is confusing of "its" and "it's." Or...
- mclouse added a post in the Grammar and Composition Group:
I can't agree enough with everything you all have written here. I'd like to add...
- pippin1313 added a post in the Grammar and Composition Group:
You know what kills me? Firstly, secondly, thirdly, in conclusion. I can count...I...
- kwoo1213 added a post in the Grammar and Composition Group:
Wow! That is a very interesting story (the guys who have gone around correcting...
- linda-allen added a post in the Grammar and Composition Group:
In reply to #21: Sounds like these guys have a little too much free time!
- katemschultz added a post in the Grammar and Composition Group:
Awesome! I'd love to meet these guys and give them each a pat on the back!
- blazedale added a post in the Grammar and Composition Group:
Looks like some people too their apostrophe pet peeve a little too far: Grammar...
- teach404 added a post in the Grammar and Composition Group:
In reply to #10: My pet peeve is the use of there and their, know and no, its and...
- malibrarian added a post in the Grammar and Composition Group:
your, you'retheir, there, they'reits, it'sGood grief, people, why are these really...
- rleahennis added a post in the Grammar and Composition Group:
My pet peeve is the ever popular vague pronoun. Why tell the reader what you are...
- sullymonster added a post in the Grammar and Composition Group:
I love students who try to spell out their contractions, but end up falling off...
- timbrady added a post in the Grammar and Composition Group:
Amy, I like this idea ... going to give it a try in the term about to begin.I can...
- amy-lepore added a post in the Grammar and Composition Group:
Have them help each other. I like to highlight just one or two sentences in...
- kwoo1213 added a post in the Grammar and Composition Group:
Love this. Thanks for posting it!
- linda-allen added a post in the Grammar and Composition Group:
Wow! I thought we teachers had long lists of pet peeves! Thanks for posting this....
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