The Grammar Police

A co-worker recently told me that she'd like to have a blog, but she knows her English isn't that great and doesn't want to embarrass herself.  Look... I was an English major.  I understand compound sentences and punctuation 101.  I know I'm supposed to always put periods inside of quotes if at the end of a sentence and that you don't end with a preposition.  I know I'm supposed to do this and that and blah blah blah.  Fuck it.  I do what I want.  I write as I think.  I abuse compound sentences the most, in fact.  I can't help it.  I love ellipsis marks and I space how I see fit.  It's also a visual thing.  I prefer thoughts expressed as a single sentence.  Sometimes I follow the rules and sometimes I don't.  Maybe that's one of the reasons I respect E.E. Cummings so much; he whipped out his creativity and pissed all over the style guide. 

Life isn't a classroom.  Break the rules.  Expose the world to your thoughts and opinions.

Comments

[caro m]

yes.

[Buddha]

Hey Caro. A girl of few words... :)