So, my posts have been really long as of late.
I don't mean for them to be so overwhelmingly detailed and rambly, I assure you. I'll work on keeping them to the point.
I'm just assuming you're a fast reader, that's all. It's a compliment.
*wink*
Showing posts with label grammar. Show all posts
Showing posts with label grammar. Show all posts
Friday, March 04, 2011
Thursday, January 13, 2011
Da na na na na MATHMAN!!!
I'm wired in such a way that standardized tests and I get along very well.
Maybe it's a personality thing. Or maybe it's my learning style. Either way, I'm always pleasantly surprised when I get my results.
On my tests, there is one area that I don't do as well on:
Math.
Yuck.
{Want to know a secret? Math people intimidate me. I'm amazed by them. They're like a different species...}
My brain is bent towards literary things.
Give me a book? A poem? I'm golden.
Tell me to do some sort of math? I'm like molasses. I made it through pre-calc, and I have a feeling calculus is coming...
Save me, Math-Man!
(...if only there was such a superhero. He could use his brain power to transfer math knowledge into my cranium)
I DID learn how to extract square roots without the aid of a calculator this week. *cough*I was reminded how to do them*cough, cough* After mastering it, I felt a mixture of triumph and stupidity. After all, it was in my younger sister's math book.
But now, if someone says, "Extract the square root of 1764.", I can easily say that the square root is 42, without using a calculator!
Although I have an obvious distaste for math, I have been trained to use proper grammar. I usually do. I'm by no means the know-all, so don't start picking me apart, please.
...logs and specks and all that. (you know, Matthew 7)
My brain is analytical, and sensitive to mistakes. (Mistakes of a grammatical nature, that is.)
Are you like this too? Am I alone?
I'm ESPECIALLY sensitive when the mistake is something along the lines of misusing your/you're, to/too, it's/its, their/there/they're, or another word combo that should have (note that I did not say should of) been learned in elementary school.
I think there must be a special "interwebs grammar code", of which I am unaware.
I wish someone had let me in on the joke.
And yes, grammar-honks, I know this blog is rife with error. It helps to keep me humble.
(I don't mind you telling me if I have made an error, so long as you're nice about it...and throw in some compliments... I won't be offended, I promise. I'd actually appreciate it. I love compliments)
If there is indeed a different grammar code for the internet, would someone please let me know?
Maybe it's a personality thing. Or maybe it's my learning style. Either way, I'm always pleasantly surprised when I get my results.
On my tests, there is one area that I don't do as well on:
Math.
Yuck.
{Want to know a secret? Math people intimidate me. I'm amazed by them. They're like a different species...}
My brain is bent towards literary things.
Give me a book? A poem? I'm golden.
Tell me to do some sort of math? I'm like molasses. I made it through pre-calc, and I have a feeling calculus is coming...
Save me, Math-Man!
(...if only there was such a superhero. He could use his brain power to transfer math knowledge into my cranium)
I DID learn how to extract square roots without the aid of a calculator this week. *cough*I was reminded how to do them*cough, cough* After mastering it, I felt a mixture of triumph and stupidity. After all, it was in my younger sister's math book.
But now, if someone says, "Extract the square root of 1764.", I can easily say that the square root is 42, without using a calculator!
Although I have an obvious distaste for math, I have been trained to use proper grammar. I usually do. I'm by no means the know-all, so don't start picking me apart, please.
...logs and specks and all that. (you know, Matthew 7)
My brain is analytical, and sensitive to mistakes. (Mistakes of a grammatical nature, that is.)
Are you like this too? Am I alone?
I'm ESPECIALLY sensitive when the mistake is something along the lines of misusing your/you're, to/too, it's/its, their/there/they're, or another word combo that should have (note that I did not say should of) been learned in elementary school.
I think there must be a special "interwebs grammar code", of which I am unaware.
I wish someone had let me in on the joke.
And yes, grammar-honks, I know this blog is rife with error. It helps to keep me humble.
(I don't mind you telling me if I have made an error, so long as you're nice about it...and throw in some compliments... I won't be offended, I promise. I'd actually appreciate it. I love compliments)
If there is indeed a different grammar code for the internet, would someone please let me know?
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