Monthly Archives: May 2012

Shameless Self-Promotion

Posted on May 26, 2012 by

    I’ve started an Etsy shop that sells weirdo bits of vintage paper ephemera and original altered art postcards (like the one above). It’s called Estranged Ephemera, and you can check it out here: http://www.etsy.com/shop/EstrangedEphemera Shameless self-promotion over. Thanks!

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Stop using OCD as an adjective

Posted on May 21, 2012 by

May is mental health awareness month. This is of special importance to me because your dear Grammar Party blogger is crazy, psycho, nuts, mad, loony, insane, and any number of unkind labels people call the mentally disordered. All of these … Continue reading →

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Hanged vs. hung

Posted on May 17, 2012 by

Hang in the present tense is not too difficult to use (except when it comes to idioms). To put simply, hang means “to suspend.” We hang mistletoe and stockings at Christmas. We hang pictures on the wall. We hang (our … Continue reading →

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Rain, reign, rein

Posted on May 5, 2012 by

Lesson: learning the difference between rain, reign, and rein Here is another set of words that sound the same, but their different meanings often lead to confusion in written language because they are spelled differently. Let’s look at their definitions … Continue reading →

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