I’ve seen this one as part of a magazine cover – and used it in my Year 7 and 8 English classes to make this point. It’s great! They get a giggle out of it and see the point.
I liked this one too (hence the sharing). Grammar is so weird and wacky, but oh so important. Did you see the court case recently where Maine truck drivers were awarded $5 million because of misuse of an Oxford Comma?
September 14, 2018 at 8:20 pm
I’ve seen this one as part of a magazine cover – and used it in my Year 7 and 8 English classes to make this point. It’s great! They get a giggle out of it and see the point.
September 14, 2018 at 8:39 pm
When my youngest was in grade 3 his teacher had the “Eat Grandpa. Eat, Grandpa. Commas save lives.” poster on the wall and he loved it.
September 15, 2018 at 1:04 am
Good one. I like collecting these examples for my students.
September 16, 2018 at 8:50 am
Humour is a great way of teaching!
September 15, 2018 at 12:34 pm
I’ve seen the “let’s eat grandma” before. This one is better.
September 16, 2018 at 8:52 am
I liked this one too (hence the sharing). Grammar is so weird and wacky, but oh so important. Did you see the court case recently where Maine truck drivers were awarded $5 million because of misuse of an Oxford Comma?
You can find it here: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/09/us/oxford-comma-maine.html