Good Grammar Costs Nothing: Pilot

Hello, Friends.

As I am new to the whole "dynamic content" thing, I decided to come up with a series of... well... series of blog posts.

In the future, you can look forward to such topics as "So Many Cheeseburgers, So Little Attention to Detail," in which I document really good cheeseburgers that I don't remember well enough to list in the official "Cheeseburger Compendium."

But enough about that. You're here to read about grammar.

Notice that I didn't write, "YOUR here to read about grammar." Because that's incorrect.

And that's just the kind of thing you'll find me citing here -- those tricky little choices one faces each and everyday.

Wait. It's actually "every day." "Everyday" means "common" or "ordinary."

See?

Let's review:

1. You're vs. Your

Your = Belonging to You. Look at your belly-button. It's yours. You own it.

You're = "You Are." Any time you see an apostrophe in a word, that means it's (it is) a combination of two separate words. You're currently reading my blog = "You are currently reading my blog." I'm not reading your blog. You're reading mine.

2. Everyday vs. Every Day

Everyday = Ordinary. Misusing "everyday" is an everyday occurrence.

Every Day = Daily. Every day (every day) / every day (every day) / every day Elvis Costello writes the book.

Check back for more tips. And be sure to sort these posts, then bookmark the page to make a handy reference.

But of course, you already knew how to do that. Because you like technology.