Grammar/language expert, I am not (please hold your red pens). I try though and, as is typical, I always learn something new. I have a friend who has a Ph.D. in linguistics. I often have her read my writing and she is quick with her corrections. My main problem is keeping the tense the same, and overusing commas, and …
I miss my Dad, who passed away in 2001. He was an English instructor at a community college. I looked to him for language wisdom.
“Dad, ‘ain’t’ isn’t a word is it?” I asked, sometime back in elementary school.
“Of course it’s a word, you said it, didn’t you?” he answered.
I faithfully added “ain’t” to my school dictionary.
Places I go for grammar and language use help:
PainintheEnglish.com
www.DrGrammar.com
Strunk and White online
GrammarGirl.com
Also I just ask a question on Google.
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