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National Grammar Day

 
March 4th is National Grammar Day!

Take time out of your day to make sure you are being grammatically correct! Everyone should know how to use grammar correctly, no matter what program you are in or what you want to do after you graduate.

Flaunt your grammar pride with:
Awesome clothes or t-shirts!
An e-card!
Join the Society for the Promotion of Good Grammar!
Win a book by tweeting!

Learn more about grammar:
Ten words you need to stop misspelling
Common grammar myths
From the New York Times
More common grammar errors

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There's no apostrophe for a plural :|
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LMAO, Reeves.

Haha, nice.
I love National Grammar Day.
Can't wait.
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Haha. I have a habit of adding apostrophes to every word with an "s" at the end. Which in this case is incredibly ironic, lol.
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I think I'll purposely be illiterate that day.

edit: Apparently, it's today. Never mind.
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Shall...how much I shall fail at this.



"I definitely misspelled 'definitely.'"

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