Whom You Gonna Call?

Courtesy of offthemark.com I ain't go no problem with the use of double negatives. And I wouldn't never say that I love me a good grammar joke. And true, I also could not claim that I do not love messing with people. Yeah, I bet that was hard to understand. You probably had to go back and think about each sentence and think "negative times negative equals positive." And then maybe you got angry at me because you had to do some math in English. Or maybe you're just angry that it was annoying to read. Good. And if you're going to tell me that it was simple to follow, well...you're a liar! Those types of sentences above are about as honest to me as saying I'm okay with How I Met Your Mother leaving Netflix (which is to say, not honest at all-seriously, my YouTube feed is now littered with recommendations to watch more videos of it, thus creating an inescapable, vicious cycle). So, this week's topic is clearly about double negatives. If yo...

I've pretty much been called it all in my life. Grammar nerd. Math nerd. Science nerd. Half-Indian but still somehow pale nerd. You should wear a monocle, nerd. Stop reading Harry Potter so much and go be social, nerd (that one was from my dad-thanks dad!). But despite this constant label of being a nerd, I had to be reprimanded for my continuous grammar mistakes on one topic in ninth grade. It took my pride in being labeled a nerd and made me reevaluate everything I had come to know. Who was I? What even is grammar? It was all because I kept referring to my antecedent with an inappropriate pronoun. I will never forget this... P.S. I was not bullied as a child. Please do not think I was bullied as a child. These nerd labels had a grain of truth but also were made in jest :) This week's blog is going to be a little bit different. We'll actually look at two different grammar topics, although they both fall under the same category of pronouns (pronouns could have so many b...