Why not become a member of SPOGG, "The Society for the Promotion of Good Grammar"? Membership is free! In fact, if you join, print out the membership card, laminate it, and carry it with you daily, I will give you 100 extra credit points for 4th quarter. Not bad, eh? And remember, you are all charter members of the Cincinnati chapter of the Apostrophe Protection Society. From the SPOGG website:
There are huge problems in this world, and then there are problems that can be solved by everyday people with red pens and a little moxie.Visit the SPOGG blog. If you are really cyber-hip, you can also join on Facebook.
The Society for the Promotion of Good Grammar is for pen-toters appalled by wanton displays of Bad English. (And we're not talking about Bad English, the band, although their song "Heaven is a 4 letter word" needs a hyphen.)
SPOGG is for people who crave good, clean English — sentences cast well and punctuated correctly. It's about clarity. And who knows how many of the world's huge problems could be solved if we had a little more of that?
SPOGG is the proud founder of National Grammar Day, which happens every year on March 4.
Four of you are now card-carrying members! Who will be next?
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