by Dr Davis on January 6, 2009
U of Minnesota has an article entitled “Humorous Reminders of Common WRiting Mistakes.”
Here are the first six:
Avoid run-on sentences they are hard to read.
Never use no double negatives.
Use the semicolon properly, always where it is appropriate; and never where it is not.
Reserve the apostrophe for it’s proper use and omit it where it is not needed.
Verbs has to agree with their subjects.
No sentence fragments.
There are a total of 35. I have to confess that I don’t see the sentence without a verb very often.
by Dr Davis on December 27, 2008
It is difficult to learn a new language. I do not teach ESL and this video is actually about Spanish, but I thought it was a fun introduction to the idea of language learning.
With no further ado: “The One Month Spanish Language Love Song”
by Dr Davis on December 14, 2008
I found this very illuminating… and depressing. I haven’t even published yet, and this is a comic for grad students. But I’m getting there.
Go read the whole archive at PhD Comics .
by Dr Davis on December 14, 2008
by Dr Davis on January 2, 2006
Very old joke. Now I know where it is from.
The author Mark Twain proposed in jest that the English word pronounced /fIS/ ought to be spelled rather than , with pronounced /f/ as in rough, pronounced /I/ as in women, and pronounced /S/ as in nation. (8, 10)
fromLinguistics for Students of Asian and African Languages .
by Dr Davis on December 11, 2005
I’ve heard it before, but it bears repeating. Go to Street Prophets for the full satire. For just a foretaste (and not of glory divine),
“…Blessed are the peacemakers.”
And Simon Peter said, “Do we have to write this stuff down?”"
Teachers will howl or groan, I’m not sure which.
Found through Joanne Jacobs
by Dr Davis on June 13, 2005
by Dr Davis on September 25, 2003
by Dr Davis on September 25, 2003
Found one . Very funny, but too violent normally.
This one is on Dilbert. Love that guy.
Update: Drats. Dilbert won’t let you go that far back anymore.
