Thursday, December 25, 2014

Back to First Grade

Last year, I was reading some of my classmates' work, and I was disappointed. Not disappointed solely by poor vocabulary and terrible sentence structure, but by their failure to conform to the possibly simplest grammar rule ever: Capitalize the beginnings of your sentences, as well as proper nouns.

Incorrect: we went to the store.
Correct: We went to the store.

Incorrect: After they went to the store, i made cookies.
Correct: After they went to the store, I made cookies.

Proper nouns: The word "I" and names (of people, specific places, countries, days, months, etc.).
Proper nouns are capitalized, as well as the beginning of a sentence.

Just to be clear, a noun is a person, place, or thing.

Couldn't even find a cute comic to put here, because only small children are still learning this rule, and small children don't understand grammar humor.

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