The Adventures of Ms. Philomena Birdwhistle & Ms. Henrietta Gotobed
I decided to have a little fun and at the same time make grammar, punctuation, and style rules more accessible to everyone.
Yes, I know I am an editor. I know these blogs should be free of mistakes. But here’s the thing; editors need editors too. And since I want this to remain casual, I am not asking someone to edit these before I post them. If you see a mistake and you think I just have to know about it, well comment away. I may even listen and fix it.
They Like Big Words and They Cannot Lie
“Dearest Ms. Gotobed. I ascertain that my vernacular comprises multifarious colloquialisms which might engender others to conjecture that one as myself is less than sagacious.”
Qualifiers Almost Always Ruin Things, Sometimes
Philomena Birdwhistle positively promenaded along the promenade, seemingly whistling at the birds. They did not really whistle back. That would likely be ridiculous. As the mostly whistling, sort of promenading Philomena mostly continued her way, she somehow noticed a woman possibly snoozing on a park bench.
Passive Voiced Mses. Birdwhistle and Gotobed versus the Active Voiced Dog
Ms. Philomena Birdwhistle was thinking about visiting Ms. Henrietta Gotobed at her little cottage near the beach. She did so enjoy her little visits, but she was thinking about whether this would be a good time for a visit.