Grammar Geek

English is full of beauty and surprises, yet despite being the lingua franca of the globalization world, it has a reputation for being difficult to learn because its grammar has also so many quirks and contradictions. Did you know:- 'Terry loves yogurt' is an example of illeism- preposition stranding is a bogus rule- sometimes it's acceptable to begin a sentence with 'but' or 'and'- 'Could you pass the salt?' is 'whimperative'- it's OK to boldly split infinitives Many of us don't even know the basics, so not only does Grammar Geek reveal obscure grammar rules and bogus ones you can safely ignore, it's also a handy primer, so in the future you'll have no excuse for dangling a modifier or misplacing a semicolon.