A Grammar Comic!

I don’t often run into comics that are actual deliberate grammar lessons, so I like to post them whenever I see one:

I’ve posted a lesson on this topic in the past, but it’s worth repeating.

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I’ve mentioned in the past that the correct place for the word “only” is right before the word it modifies, not at the beginning of the whole clause.

So perhaps this curse is worse for the employer than for the employee:

What? Can’t do anything at work but poop? That’s what she’s saying.

Watch what you’re saying when you use “only.”

I’ve mentioned verbing nouns (backformation) in the past. Here’s a new one. To me, anyway.

I suppose “hot air” should be hyphenated…

Last panel:

A portmanteau is when you make a new word by combining two (or more) words. Putting them in the same suitcase (aka portmanteau) as it were.

Need convincing that punctuation is optional? Read this:

And I have a question for you: Did he put the right number of commas at the end???