EXERCISE: Compare, Contrast, and Improve!

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Original posting: Thu, 14 Dec 2000 00:42:06 -0500

Hi...

Here's a thought.  Take one of those wonderful confusions of the grammatically oriented, and write a bon mot, a poem, perhaps a tale focusing on the differentia?  In other words, provide a memorable little way of both recognizing the possible confusion, understanding the difference, and remembering the recommended way out!

For example, one might choose to venture into the difference between and betwixt "they're" and "their".  Perhaps a slight of dialog (careful, it may not be possible to write the sentence you're thinking of!) and a bit of a humorous chuckle at your cleverness in using that slip of the thought between what you are thinking and what your mind is doing?

Anyway, I'm certain you have your favorite grammatical point to grind, and perhaps you're already writing?

Go ahead, raise a point of grammar, and grind it fine!