Showing posts with label When did the grammar rules change. Show all posts
Showing posts with label When did the grammar rules change. Show all posts

Wednesday, February 27, 2013

How Writing Ruined My Wife—When did the Grammar Rules Change?

by Kirk Melson



It's my nature to appreciate rules.
As most of you know, I’m an engineer. It’s in my nature to appreciate things that fit within given parameters. So it’s probably no surprise to know that of all the English classes I’ve taken, I enjoyed grammar the most. All those hard and fast rules make writing correctly something easy and more importantly, success definable. It’s the closest someone can get to math in the English department.

At least that was my belief…until my wife entered the world of publishing.