Grammar Police

If you've read this blog for any length of time I'm sure that you've discovered that English is not my strongest subject! While it is true that English is my native language I can still split an infinitive, dangle a participle, and do a host of other things that would leave my highschool English teacher in tears.

By the way, if my English is bad...my American History is worse! Can you remind me again who won the Civil War...the grey side or the blue side? Seriously, you have to question why my parents invested all that money in a Catholic education!

Now, back to English. Please don't get me started on punctuation. I'm clueless! How exactly is one supposed to use a comma or a semi-colon? I haven't the slightest idea...so; I, just, throw, them, in, from, time, to, time.

While I am apparently barely literate there is one exception. I normally can spot a misspelling from a mile away. They just sort of hop off the page at me. Here's an example. Many years ago my mom and I were in the new Safeway store that opened near her house. As soon as we walked in the store I noticed the large, carved, wooden sign hanging above the produce section. The sign read, "Friuts and Vegetables". Friuts? Huh? Mom and I had a good laugh and went about our shopping. On the way out Mom stopped at the Customer Service desk and let them know what her eagle-eyed daughter had spotted (insert TJ with a red face here). The manager didn't believe Mom at first and actually walked over to the produce section to check it out for himself. Turns out we were right!

So, why am I rambling on about all of this? Because I want to ask you a big favor. If you spot a misspelling or some other way that I have completely butchered the English language please let me know in the comments section. Please.

The other day I happened to re-read the "Sunshine and Roses" post and was mortified to see that I had written "the whole sorted truth". What??? Was I sorting truth like you sort laundry or the mail? Of course, what I meant to write was sordid...not sorted!

Apparently, it is very bad blogging etiquette to modify an entry after it's been posted. Sue me. I just couldn't leave it that way.