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Too, To and Two
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed For the last video in the Grammar Teacher series, I had to discuss the difference between the words too, to and two. Too often, people are either too lazy (or just don’t care) to use these words properly when writing. How [...]
This is a Sentence
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed How difficult is it really to speak and write properly? Why is it that so many people cannot manage this simple task? Do they not pay attention in school? Are they too lazy to care how they come across to others? [...]
What are Your Pet Peeves?
You already know that one of my biggest pet peeves is to see people using simple words incorrectly. It drives me batshit to see someone use your and you’re interchangeably. Hello! They are not the same word! Are people seriously not learning these things in school, or are they too lazy to type/spell the words [...]
Right and Write
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed Someone sent you a link to this video because you apparently don’t know the difference between the words right and write. Did you not pay attention back in about the second grade? Okay, fine… maybe it was fifth grade. In any [...]
You’re and Your
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed Yes, I am a grammar cop. It drives me insane when I see someone use common words incorrectly. For instance: your and you’re are NOT interchangeable. There is a distinct difference, one which you should have learned back in junior high. [...]
The State of the English Language Online
Someone by the name of Mr. Martinez sent me this email the other day. The message struck me as unique, given that it was rather well written (and I’m quite used to receiving incoherent blather). He believes that the English language is headed towards a meltdown… The Internet has given me endless opportunities to contact [...]
The Chemistry of Texting English in High School
Justin McKey is a high school student who was handed an interesting assignment: I was sitting in Chemistry class today and my teacher gave us the strangest assignment. She told us that we would be writing a summary about a paragraph in the Chemistry book, concerning Phospholipids. But here’s the twist. I would be required [...]
Franklin Language Translator
Chris | Live Tech Support | Video Help | Add to iTunes http://live.pirillo.com/ – While in Frankfurt recently, we had an amazing time. The food was great, the people were friendly, and the city was beautiful. However, Ponzi and I neither one speak a lick of German. We managed to get around by using hand [...]
French to English
I speak French! Kinda. Here’s the original article, and the Google translation: “If you like your software better than Windows, keep XP at least a year moreâ€?, advises Chris Pirillo, on the site Windows Fanatics, by giving a long list of “tricksâ€? for the difficult passage of XP to Vista. “Your software will not go. [...]
