No Love for Licorice or Grammar

One of my “friends” posted this on her facebook page the other day.  I almost unfriended her…. because she was dishing on one of my Besties.  Sigh.  I don’t know why so many people have it out for poor old licorice.  Look how cute he is, how can you hate a face like that?

[Unrelated Disclaimer]- My mother was an English major, and the editor of her university newspaper.  She has mad skills with words and grammar.  I have mad skills with… well, other stuff.  When I was in highschool she would proof read my papers for me.  Thankfully.  One memorable rough draft was six pages long.  She removed 96 superfluous commas.  Ninety six.  Pathetic.

My comma usage/un-usage has drastically improved since then, but there are still things I always do wrong.  Always.  I always say “drinken” instead of drunk.  “I haven’t drinken any milk today.”   I usually mess up my plural possessives (as pointed out to me from yesterday’s post about the “siren’s screaming past your window” which apparently should have been the “sirens screaming past the window.”  Whatever.  I forget what all the parts of speech are called.  I pretty much have nouns down and that’s it.  I can use the words with no problem… I just can’t diagram them in a sentence and call them by name.  I hope I haven’t given any of them a complex.  Oh, and I always spell ‘definitely’ wrong (the non spell checked version is definetly- just as it sounds).  So, I try to fix the glaring errors before I hit “post”.  You know, the one’s that have that little red dotted line under them… the one’s the internet can easily point out to you.  But, as for the rest of them- well, I really have no excuse.  I just wanted to make you aware that I am occasionally aware of them.  I just think it adds to my character and charm.  That’s my story and I’m sticking to it.