grammar tricks

Growing up? Still?!? You're in your mid twenties! Here's some things that will get you through it.

[yoweird]

(vía Moschino Spring/Summer 2013)

[grammartricks]

I want nothing more than to save up enough money to escape everyone and everything I know and start comepletely fresh. New job, new city, new friends -- after 16 years of moving from place to place, these last eight years have been stifling. I thought I wanted consistency. No, I want rebirth. Not with who I am but with whom I associate. I have good friends here, I do. But I've also got some I could do without. I need a new beginning. Me, me, me.

[grammartricks]

Have you ever looked through your Facebook wall and gone, "I don't give a fuck about any of these people."?

[grammartricks]

The true dreamer

A dreamer is one who looks at the sky He watches as clouds go wondering by but he wonders why? I've demonstrated here the use of the misuse of grammar. Often practiced as a device in poetry, the misuse of grammar and proper punctuation can pack a powerful punch (as much as a metaphor might). In an ever-evolving English, we harness the freedom to manipulate our words to not only say something, but make a statement. It's in the way in which we hold a pen. It's in how we arrange our thoughts. We can provoke an underlying meaning in a formulated fashion which will not only produce a story, but also an emotion. All work henceforth is and shall be original to the author of tumblr.com/grammartricks (if not quoted or reblogged).

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[grammartricks]

[thedailywhat]

Bathroom Graffiti Critique of the Day: A random tag in the bathroom of an art co-op elicits precisely the sort of response you’d expect. (Embiggen.)

[reddit.]

[jmak]

[thedailywhat]

Jonathan Mak.

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The Five Worst-Dressed Men of September

Our editors regrettably bring you the five men who have broken rule after rule, leading to sartorial ruin. This month, Gossip Girl star Penn Badgley, an Emmys attendee, and, shown here, the newly minted Mr. Kim Kardashian.

[grammartricks]

Agreed, GQ. Agreed.

[nsoe]

[grammartricks]

#cigarettiquette

[thedailywhat]

Curb Your Enthusiasm Did It of the Day: In a terrifying sign of the times, the New York Times today posted an article to its website accompanied by a headline that features a smiley-face emoticon.

The Cutline’s Dylan Stableford notes that this is not the first time a Gray Lady header has incorporated an emoticon, but it is the first time “an emoticon was used to convey information in a headline.”

Times senior software architect Jacob Harris took to Twitter to explain the surprising move. “Just to be clear, the :) is not in the print headline or the e-headline sent to electronic devices,” Harris tweeted. “It’s just some homepage fun.”

NPR’s Eric Athas retweeted Harris and pointed to a poignant Curb Your Enthusiasm clip in which Larry David predicts this foreboding novelty:

[yahoo.]

[laculbute]

Rules for Writing Good

Verbs has to agree with their subjects.

Prepositions are not words to end sentences with.

And don’t start a sentence with a conjunction.

It is wrong to ever split an infinitive.

Avoid clichés like the plague.

Also, always avoid annoying...

[thedailywhat]

SMBC.

[sergeantprnz]

[grammartricks]

aeromachia:

sergeantprnz:

WHO NAMED THIS FLOWER

IT BARGES INTO ALL YOUR CONVERSATIONS

IT GIVES YOU A STUPID NICKNAME WHEN YOU’VE MET, LIKE, ONCE

IT WIGGLES ITS STAMENS AT YOU SUGGESTIVELY FOR NO REASON

IT IS: THE AGGRESSIVELY FORWARD BEARDED IRIS

[ange-terre]

[aurichan-deactivated20160226]

[grammartricks]

forthwriteandfrank:

This.  

This is all I really want in my life.

Who could possibly ask for anything more?

This is exactly what I was telling you about. A teddy bear!

[grammartricks]

KEEP CALM AND CARRY ON

I recently purchased one of the first pieces of art I ever had. It's a graphic piece, commissioned by the British Army, which states in bold, loud words: "KEEP CALM AND CARRY ON."

I didn't know any of the context when I purchased this piece, but I inherently loved the message, and the juxtaposition of how it was conveyed. I can't listen to a three-by-two-foot sign in all caps and on a red background telling me to remain calm. The presentation itself implies a sense of insecurity, although the crown shows a sign of integrity. But then I beg the question, "Why shouldn't I be calm?" And thus I begin to panic.

But the wikipedia "false-fact" etymology is way more interesting. Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keep_Calm_And_Carry_On