Posts Tagged ‘ Q&A ’

Etcetera, etcetera, etcetera: Dear Sexy G,

Dear Sexy Grammarian, Since etc. closes a lot of sentences, it feels insufficient to just use one period, but using two, one for the abbreviation and one for the sentence, is awkward. What should I do? Thanks, Pablo Dearest Pablo- Just end the sentence with one period doing both jobs (terminating the sentence and the [ READ MORE ]

Air Quotes: Dear Sexy G

Dear Sexy Grammarian, I would like to know about quote marks.  Do you have a post about that already?  In particular, I use quotes like air-quotes, you know, to acknowledge that a word is being used out of context or in a circumspect way (like either I intentionally used it incorrectly or I don’t believe [ READ MORE ]

Wordsmith: Dear Sexy G

Dear Sexy Grammarian- I just learned from dictionary.com that wordsmith is a noun and not a verb.  Is that right?  I always thought it was both, like e-mail. Yours truly, Esther My Darling Esther, I too think of wordsmith as a noun, a words expert. But sure, it’s acceptable (if modern) to turn it into [ READ MORE ]

Write it out or use numerals? Rules for Writers

Dear Miss Sexy Grammarian: A writing question for you: is there an accepted convention (or a convention that you use) for writing out numbers versus using numerals? In my own writing, I think I tend to spell out numbers up to nineteen and use numerals for 20 and higher, but when I think about it, [ READ MORE ]

Eradicating Passive Voice

Dear Sexy Grammarian, Three men robbed the biggest jewelry store. The biggest jewelry store was robbed by three men. I had a great question from one of my students when we were talking about passive and active voice today. She asked, if the biggest jewelery store was robbed by three people and I wanted to [ READ MORE ]

Good Grammar in Takedown Scenes

Pardon me, for this blog post contains sexually explicit examples or content. If you are under the age of 18 or just uncomfortable with sexually explicit material, you may want to check out one of these sites about grammar and writing instead. Dear Sexy Grammarian: I know I’d offered to write a guest column on [ READ MORE ]

Deep Penetration: Conversation and Dialogue with Joe Weston

Kristy: Hi Joe, thanks so much for doing this interview. Joe: I’m ready to be penetrated. Kristy: Ha! We try for deep penetration here on the Sexy Grammarian blog! So tell us a little bit about the many ways that you are a communication expert. Joe: I am originally from New York and lived for [ READ MORE ]

Dialogue with Dad: Predicate Nominatives

Kristy: Hi, Dad. Thanks for agreeing to this interview. I’m looking forward to you teaching me the difference between a predicate nominative and a direct object, since I’m still a little fuzzy on it. And thanks again for your gentle but firm correction to my previous post, where I identified the word tired as a [ READ MORE ]

These ones almost snuck by: high school friends, verb tenses, submissive butches, and demonstrative pronouns

Pardon me, for this blog post contains sexually explicit examples or content. If you are under the age of 18 or just uncomfortable with sexually explicit material, you may want to check out one of these sites about grammar and writing instead. Last month, a new idea struck my blog via Facebook like lightning from [ READ MORE ]

Putting the F-U in Fun, a spontaneous Facebook conversation

The following conversation took place on my personal Facebook page between a dear high school chum and me. The grammatical content, while perhaps not as sexy as you’ve come to expect, is still useful and may open your eyes to some misuse of the word fun. And please share this post widely. You will note [ READ MORE ]

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