In my part of the world, it’s butt naked. Irregardless of that, dangling participles, split infinitives, and the proper use of colloquialisms and prepositions will not get you into heaven. So theres, theirs, they’re’s that!
I do believe irregardless might be like a double negative?? I believe regardless is what people mean, instead. I used to make that same mistake because I heard other people say it, until somebody corrected me and I thought about it 🤔and, hey, they were right. LOL! AND I DIDN'T EVEN TAKE OFFENSE. I SIMPLY LEARNED FROM IT. IMAGINE THAT. 😳😂
Susie S. What you got against nonstandard adverbs? They did mean regardless cause both words mean the same and dere both real words. Just sayin'. But yet and still!
Hi Sean. Hope you don't mind, but I am going to let your fans in on our little secret. You see, ladies and gentlemen, like many folks, I have an insatiable desire to find fault with others. It makes be feel so good, and superior, to identify and ponder on mistakes of others. It makes me feel even better to point these mistakes out to them. So Sean has agreed to periodically insert typos in his work, just to make me feel good. You are a thoughtful and caring human Sean! Thanks for each and every typo, since they help me start my day out with an unhealthy, but very satistying, dose of superiority. Tom McC, from the mudhole formerly known as Lake McQueeney, Texas.
It’s okay Sean, I enjoy your work. I thought I could be a writer too until I hit my first community college English class and my teacher demolished my beautiful story with red ink. She literally broke my heart when I received my paper back and I’m 48 now and have never fully attempted again. Needless to say I worked at a newspaper for 13 years in the Ad composition department. Take that O’ lady of the red pen!
We would get the same complaints at the newspaper too though. One lady would go as far as circling all the mistakes and mailing us the paper back in a Manila envelope. Keep on writing for us “Shawn” <——- lol
Hey, I've been writing most of my life. I can't find a book to read, I start writing one. Before I know it, I've got a novel going! And I can't get published. It's a racket. But to write? A compulsion I can't resist. I heard of a woman, a high-placed executive of a business unrelated to writing, who took 15 min. out of her day, religiously, and wrote a novel she got published (lucky her - wonder who she knew!). Someone else wrote in longhand and her novel became not only a best seller, but was made into a movie. It all depends on your imagination and the compelling need to tell a story. Sean's got that down in spades!
Have you checked into Kindle Direct Publishing ((KDP)? I’ve published 2 books with them. It costs a little money, but you will eventually get it back if your books are any good.
I agree Jennifer. Red ink still gives me heartache. I started writing years ago for my wife then my mom. I am not on Seans level but I have a lot of fun telling stories.
Paul, I tell anyone who asks me about writing to simply get a composition book and a pen and start writing, don’t be afraid of the blank page. Even if someone is never published, there are many stories which will be appreciated by a loved one.
I have a notebook full of my mother’s anecdotes, they’re not flawless, but close to it, and her impeccable penmanship is a gift to see every time I re-read her stories.
Sweet Leigh! I got a bunch of my old man's squiggles and cartoons. He could have done it professionally if he could a thought big enough to try it. And he was a big thinker too!
I've probably told this tale on myself before. In my very first English 101 class, I had no red ink on it when I got it back, but I got only a B+ on it. However (comma), I received an encouraging but scathing comment at the end. "Your grammar and spelling are at least 1000 percent better than the average freshman's, but you you have nothing to say." I didn't write creatively again for about 30 years, but when I started up again, you couldn't shut up my typing fingers! And I haven't stopped since.
Try it again JL. Don't ever let one negative hold you back. Write the old Bat back and tell her she makes you want to wretch! No kidding. Don't be held back by Jerks like this! Tell her you might have to put a "PopKnot" on her!☆●□|€♤. People that "teach" this way aint teachers- they're losers.
“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.”
Hi Sean. What a lot of nit picking comments. Really these folk should get a life. Most made me laugh uncontrollably. The last by the English teacher for 41 years was cringeworthy ( if that’s a word). One should NEVER say Me and my sister or anyone else. First person mentioned is always another, mention oneself last. Learned that many years ago in Sunday school, Jesus first, myself last, and others in between. Incidentally I was not an English teacher but was taught by the fiercest woman on earth. Bless her soul. Pardon any grammatical errors please.
Norma, somewhere along the way, it may have been my English teacher mom, broke me of the “me and ‘someone’…”. After I said it she would say “I didn’t know ‘someone’ was mean.” “Me and..” = “mean”. Lol!
It is cringeworthy for me to say I live in a state where the gov says often, "me and the first lady". Ugh!!!! Pretty sad, I must say. It's embarrassing, actually.
Ha ha. Yes looking back I can love her for my knowledge and love of the written word and any literature but at the time I was scared witless. Zambia in the days when teachers ruled, not the kids.
Yep, sadly, Norma, many school districts don't back the teachers and the parents don't back the teachers. I remember when it did not used to be like that. And the kids did so much better back then, because parents backed the teachers. Seems like that has all gone to hell lately. It's a shame, too, because it certainly hasn't done our children any good.
"Witless" I like that Norma D! You could actually learn something back then. When the teachers had expectations. And only your drycleaner knew Fer sure!
"Witless" I like that Norma D! You could actually learn something back then. When the teachers had expectations. And only your drycleaner knew Fer sure!
Te Burt, I also had wonderful English teachers. Of all of them, only one I did not care for... ... Found out later I was not the only one who did not care for her.
I’m reminded of a group of empathic men with a loving compassionate Leader who once walked the earth: helping the poor, healing all types of infirmities and actually defying the laws of nature! And the learned of the day called them out for not skipping meals or washing their hands. Is it any wonder He called them blind guides?
The encouragement and hope your column provides outshine any grammatical or spelling errors. Parents read it to their children. Grown children read it to their elders. Because it’s easy to comprehend, often humorous but mainly because of the heart of the message. Hope.
Good morning and happy Thursday to all yall. Now thats funny I don't care who you are. A bunch of constipated complainers criticizing a published author. Hey, whats the difference between buck naked and buck nekkid? Give up ? Buck naked means ya ain't got on any clothes.
Buck nekkid means ya ain't got on any clothes and YOU'RE UP TO SOMETHING !
It was class test by our english school teacher ,an essay on 'The Postman'.Which he had taught one week before.He gave marks to everyone and zero to me.I went to him with my answer sheet and requested him for a relook.He was very angry.He slapped me.He shouted and declared I have done cheating.I denied.He challanged me to write on black board.
A small hand started writing on middle of big board.Almost six lines.It was 100% matching.
He stopped me.But something went on rolling.The tears from his eyes...
I once received a four page, handwritten, insult laden, name-calling letter from a fellow who did not like a topic I tackled in a local newspaper column I wrote for 12 years. He reamed out everything *but* my grammar. Funny thing, at the moment I don’t even recall his name, but your unpaid editors, Sean, they remember yours.
These folks who are so critical....need to get a life and if your writings bother them...stop reading and go for library books. I enjoy all your columns and I don't read them to find mistakes...in fact I have not noticed any.
As an English teacher for 31 years, I have one thing to say. You're awesome! Sometimes you make me cry, but you always make me smile. Thank you. :) And you are a REAL writer in every sense of the word.
I can't stop giggling 😂 As a communications professor, I see you beyond the typos or grammatical constructs... Besides, WHO made the rules (+ let the dogs out)? 😁Language changes daily! Love your responses to this nitpicking. I wonder how many of these folks have the bravery to write a daily column? 🤔🤓
In my part of the world, it’s butt naked. Irregardless of that, dangling participles, split infinitives, and the proper use of colloquialisms and prepositions will not get you into heaven. So theres, theirs, they’re’s that!
I wish there was a “love” button so I could click on it here!! Or a laugh emoji!!
Marie, be careful. Linder H is reading and she's got a lock on da love emojis! She don't play neither!
Pubert
She don't play. Lol
Perfect comment Lori!
I do believe irregardless might be like a double negative?? I believe regardless is what people mean, instead. I used to make that same mistake because I heard other people say it, until somebody corrected me and I thought about it 🤔and, hey, they were right. LOL! AND I DIDN'T EVEN TAKE OFFENSE. I SIMPLY LEARNED FROM IT. IMAGINE THAT. 😳😂
Thanks, John and Ann. 👍
Susie S. What you got against nonstandard adverbs? They did mean regardless cause both words mean the same and dere both real words. Just sayin'. But yet and still!
Yor pal,
Pubert
Nope, Pu and others, Google theladders.com. 22 common grammer mistakes.........And I still make a few of these myself, if I don't edit myself well!!
And in particular, see number 17 and number 18 in this list of 22.
😂😂
Let us not forget subject-verb agreement! That seems to have fallen by the wayside.
Hi Sean. Hope you don't mind, but I am going to let your fans in on our little secret. You see, ladies and gentlemen, like many folks, I have an insatiable desire to find fault with others. It makes be feel so good, and superior, to identify and ponder on mistakes of others. It makes me feel even better to point these mistakes out to them. So Sean has agreed to periodically insert typos in his work, just to make me feel good. You are a thoughtful and caring human Sean! Thanks for each and every typo, since they help me start my day out with an unhealthy, but very satistying, dose of superiority. Tom McC, from the mudhole formerly known as Lake McQueeney, Texas.
TMcC great response. Glad to sees you on here. So true too!
Pubert Earle
It’s okay Sean, I enjoy your work. I thought I could be a writer too until I hit my first community college English class and my teacher demolished my beautiful story with red ink. She literally broke my heart when I received my paper back and I’m 48 now and have never fully attempted again. Needless to say I worked at a newspaper for 13 years in the Ad composition department. Take that O’ lady of the red pen!
We would get the same complaints at the newspaper too though. One lady would go as far as circling all the mistakes and mailing us the paper back in a Manila envelope. Keep on writing for us “Shawn” <——- lol
Hey, I've been writing most of my life. I can't find a book to read, I start writing one. Before I know it, I've got a novel going! And I can't get published. It's a racket. But to write? A compulsion I can't resist. I heard of a woman, a high-placed executive of a business unrelated to writing, who took 15 min. out of her day, religiously, and wrote a novel she got published (lucky her - wonder who she knew!). Someone else wrote in longhand and her novel became not only a best seller, but was made into a movie. It all depends on your imagination and the compelling need to tell a story. Sean's got that down in spades!
Have you checked into Kindle Direct Publishing ((KDP)? I’ve published 2 books with them. It costs a little money, but you will eventually get it back if your books are any good.
Some good comments dere TB. Like I say- persistence!
Pu
Try again. Don't let the lady in red stop you.
Amen!
Ditto in spades KM!
Pu
I agree Jennifer. Red ink still gives me heartache. I started writing years ago for my wife then my mom. I am not on Seans level but I have a lot of fun telling stories.
Paul, I tell anyone who asks me about writing to simply get a composition book and a pen and start writing, don’t be afraid of the blank page. Even if someone is never published, there are many stories which will be appreciated by a loved one.
I have a notebook full of my mother’s anecdotes, they’re not flawless, but close to it, and her impeccable penmanship is a gift to see every time I re-read her stories.
Sweet Leigh! I got a bunch of my old man's squiggles and cartoons. He could have done it professionally if he could a thought big enough to try it. And he was a big thinker too!
Pube
You ok Paul! Keep em coming...
Pu
I've probably told this tale on myself before. In my very first English 101 class, I had no red ink on it when I got it back, but I got only a B+ on it. However (comma), I received an encouraging but scathing comment at the end. "Your grammar and spelling are at least 1000 percent better than the average freshman's, but you you have nothing to say." I didn't write creatively again for about 30 years, but when I started up again, you couldn't shut up my typing fingers! And I haven't stopped since.
Try it again JL. Don't ever let one negative hold you back. Write the old Bat back and tell her she makes you want to wretch! No kidding. Don't be held back by Jerks like this! Tell her you might have to put a "PopKnot" on her!☆●□|€♤. People that "teach" this way aint teachers- they're losers.
Yor fan,
Pubert
Jennifer don’t let that stop you from writing !!!!
There are those who DO, and those who criticize those who do.
Those who love you don't read your work with a red pen in hand. We read your work like a love letter from family.
The Man in the Arena
“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.”
Teddy Roosevelt
Man everbody on it today! Great job Crysti!
Pubert Earle
Pu
That is awesome thanks for sharing
Love this quote! Thank you for posting!
You got that right
Hi Sean. What a lot of nit picking comments. Really these folk should get a life. Most made me laugh uncontrollably. The last by the English teacher for 41 years was cringeworthy ( if that’s a word). One should NEVER say Me and my sister or anyone else. First person mentioned is always another, mention oneself last. Learned that many years ago in Sunday school, Jesus first, myself last, and others in between. Incidentally I was not an English teacher but was taught by the fiercest woman on earth. Bless her soul. Pardon any grammatical errors please.
Yes, Norma. I agree. In my world you are never allowed to say "me and someone". It's always the other person first.
Norma, somewhere along the way, it may have been my English teacher mom, broke me of the “me and ‘someone’…”. After I said it she would say “I didn’t know ‘someone’ was mean.” “Me and..” = “mean”. Lol!
It is cringeworthy for me to say I live in a state where the gov says often, "me and the first lady". Ugh!!!! Pretty sad, I must say. It's embarrassing, actually.
Jus curious Susie S. What state is dat!
Pu
Pu, it's one of the backward-moving, ignorant, book-banning and women-stifling states. Take your pick.
disgusting reply!
For you too Pu! As I recall, Susie just Dissed the "Show Me" State!
I had an English teacher like that. Loved her! I learned a lot in her class.
Ha ha. Yes looking back I can love her for my knowledge and love of the written word and any literature but at the time I was scared witless. Zambia in the days when teachers ruled, not the kids.
Yep, sadly, Norma, many school districts don't back the teachers and the parents don't back the teachers. I remember when it did not used to be like that. And the kids did so much better back then, because parents backed the teachers. Seems like that has all gone to hell lately. It's a shame, too, because it certainly hasn't done our children any good.
"Witless" I like that Norma D! You could actually learn something back then. When the teachers had expectations. And only your drycleaner knew Fer sure!
PEB
"Witless" I like that Norma D! You could actually learn something back then. When the teachers had expectations. And only your drycleaner knew Fer sure!
PEB
As one matures, it's desirable to lose the defiance to receiving wisdom. After all, how else would we ever learn?
Te Burt, I also had wonderful English teachers. Of all of them, only one I did not care for... ... Found out later I was not the only one who did not care for her.
Well Said Norma D!
Pubert
I’m reminded of a group of empathic men with a loving compassionate Leader who once walked the earth: helping the poor, healing all types of infirmities and actually defying the laws of nature! And the learned of the day called them out for not skipping meals or washing their hands. Is it any wonder He called them blind guides?
The encouragement and hope your column provides outshine any grammatical or spelling errors. Parents read it to their children. Grown children read it to their elders. Because it’s easy to comprehend, often humorous but mainly because of the heart of the message. Hope.
Grace over grumbling.
Another Homer Big D!
Pubert
This column and the comments made my morning. I am grinning from one ear to the other. What a joy to belong to Sean's community.
Your a hoot. Thanks fer the laffs. 🥴
Good morning and happy Thursday to all yall. Now thats funny I don't care who you are. A bunch of constipated complainers criticizing a published author. Hey, whats the difference between buck naked and buck nekkid? Give up ? Buck naked means ya ain't got on any clothes.
Buck nekkid means ya ain't got on any clothes and YOU'RE UP TO SOMETHING !
Man I sure am happy toget some rain!
I heard the pastures say AAAAAAHH .
I'm headin over to the horsey hotel.
See ya in Alex City. And...
Peace
See you there, their, they're! You can recognize me by my BIG smile.
Yep dat rain was da nectar of da gods! Behave up dar at Alex City!
Pu
It was class test by our english school teacher ,an essay on 'The Postman'.Which he had taught one week before.He gave marks to everyone and zero to me.I went to him with my answer sheet and requested him for a relook.He was very angry.He slapped me.He shouted and declared I have done cheating.I denied.He challanged me to write on black board.
A small hand started writing on middle of big board.Almost six lines.It was 100% matching.
He stopped me.But something went on rolling.The tears from his eyes...
Fantastic story Greylink. At least he could admit he was wrong! In the end teachers are people too! Making me cry over that one.
Pubert
I once received a four page, handwritten, insult laden, name-calling letter from a fellow who did not like a topic I tackled in a local newspaper column I wrote for 12 years. He reamed out everything *but* my grammar. Funny thing, at the moment I don’t even recall his name, but your unpaid editors, Sean, they remember yours.
Tooshay!
Katybeth ~ hahaha, that’s good ! Touché
These folks who are so critical....need to get a life and if your writings bother them...stop reading and go for library books. I enjoy all your columns and I don't read them to find mistakes...in fact I have not noticed any.
As an English teacher for 31 years, I have one thing to say. You're awesome! Sometimes you make me cry, but you always make me smile. Thank you. :) And you are a REAL writer in every sense of the word.
I can't stop giggling 😂 As a communications professor, I see you beyond the typos or grammatical constructs... Besides, WHO made the rules (+ let the dogs out)? 😁Language changes daily! Love your responses to this nitpicking. I wonder how many of these folks have the bravery to write a daily column? 🤔🤓
Yeah AH!
Pu
Ignore all grammar Nazis. Your column is the high point of my day!😆 Irregardless.
Bravvvo Lonna!! 😂❤️🥰