The 13th Horseman

The 13th Horseman

Drake is surprised to find three Horsemen of the Apocalypse playing snakes and ladders in his garden shed. He’s even more surprised when they insist that he is one of them. They’re missing a Horseman, having gone through several Deaths and they think that Drake is the boy for the job. At first...

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News from The Onion

 Quite often I catch myself inserting commas into places commas were never meant to be inserted.  It’s a problem I’m all too aware of, and I’m making efforts to remedy it.  Maybe because of this affliction of mine, this made me laugh:

The Onion

Commas, Turning Up, Everywhere

WASHINGTON—In the midst of a crisis that may have reached a breaking, point Tuesday afternoon, linguists, and grammarians, everywhere say they…

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3 Responses to News from The Onion

  1. the witch says:

    did miss whiteford ever teach us any grammar? I don’t remember much and its a bit of a problem now I’m an english teacher. Was a good teacher all the same.

  2. Barry says:

    You missed the apostrophe in “its”. When “it’s” is used as a short form of “it is” it gets an apostrophe. However, when “its” is used as the possessive (e.g. David’s shoes; The Witch’s Daughter) there is no apostrophe.

    And no, she didn’t. She just taught us Sunset Song over and over and over again.

  3. the witch says:

    I know you fanny. I’m a bastard english teacher. Just can’t always be arsed reaching for the shift button when typing.

    Am I allowed to use bastard as an adjective?

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