Minnesotan’s for Humphrey

Yes, that is the actual quote from a presidential campaign button for the 1968 presidential election. No wonder Humphrey lost. The button was sent to me by Mrs. McDowell from Minnesota, and I am grateful for this piece of Americana in my grammatical museum.
What I want to know is this: Minnesotan’s WHAT for Humphrey [...]

For Whom Does Aunt Ruth Toll?

Aunt Ruth Grammar attended a wonderful homeschool resources fair in Chapel Hill, NC, this afternoon — the first of many, I hope — and the standard question that was asked was indeed a very good question, namely, “What is the appropriate age group for this book (I Laid an Egg on Aunt Ruth’s Head)?”
In some [...]

My Kingdom for an Article

There’s no avoiding the fact that someone hailing from a country whose language does not use articles is going to have difficulties with proper usage of articles (a, an, the) when learning English.  We English speaking folks use more articles a day than you’ll find mosquitoes at dusk in Minnesota’s Boundary Waters.  “Pass the persimmons, [...]

An Article on Articles

Something I always took lightly while growing up in the United States was the concept of articles — a, an, & the, in particular.  It seemed obvious when to use what, and I never worried much about it.   As an adult now, and as host to our (currently) fifth exchange student from South Korea, it [...]

A Boatload of Collective Nouns

Thanks to Drew Neil for pointing out his great web site, http://all-sorts.org.
I encourage you to check it out! He’s got a ton of collective nouns … or would that be a boatload?  Have some you’d like to add?  You can do it on his web site.

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I Laid an Egg on Aunt Ruth’s Head
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Reviews and Praise

Review by Pam Nelson at Raleigh News and Observer
The book was reviewed by Pam Nelson at the News and Observer in Raleigh, NC.  Pam is the grammar expert and one of the book reviewers at the N&O.  Click here to read the review: I Laid an Egg on Aunt Ruth’s Head

Here’s what the readers [...]