1 post tagged “grammar”
Writing guides, grammar books, punctuation how-tos . . . do you read them? Not read them? How many writing books, grammar books, dictionaries–if any–do you have in your library?
Here's a confession...I own exactly one, a college writing guide. I only use it to remember the difference between MLA and APA formatting. I don't use dictionaries, I use the spell-check on my computer. I don't use a thesaurus, I use the thesaurus tool on Microsoft Office.
It's kind of shameful, actually, because I profess to value good grammar. I mean, I do find it important, but all of the "formal" rules of grammar get lost on me. You could say mine is a more "intuitive" grammar. I just know if things look or sound correct. Since I'm fairly well-read, it usually works out. At the very least no one calls me on it. ;-)
