tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5330190226764495766.post438694998330433880..comments2024-03-28T00:20:41.640-07:00Comments on Missed Periods and Other Grammar Scares: The Word Game in Which One Player Asks the Others Players for Words to Fill in BlanksMissed Periodshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10343265071637032284noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5330190226764495766.post-67859560823906608492011-06-20T05:23:01.102-07:002011-06-20T05:23:01.102-07:00My son calls the commas a period with a tail . . ....My son calls the commas a period with a tail . . . so I guess that would be a dot with a tail. (He's 7 though, so I'm okay with that, still).<br /><br />Madlibs are awesome! But definitely painful if you have to explain what everything is at every step.Janet Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12688012956157161889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5330190226764495766.post-10478150422497750672011-06-17T03:10:04.206-07:002011-06-17T03:10:04.206-07:00I do not envy your task! !=long stick with a dot o...I do not envy your task! !=long stick with a dot on the bottom.Glynis Peters https://www.blogger.com/profile/01175378917872403609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5330190226764495766.post-59369050097140789512011-06-13T13:16:14.085-07:002011-06-13T13:16:14.085-07:00Sigh... see, every time I start to think "Hey...Sigh... see, every time I start to think "Hey, maybe I should teach!" I'm reminded that I just don't have the patience! I think I'd be heartbroken within a week. :PMeagan Spoonerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15881408113410657709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5330190226764495766.post-15615840738735348642011-06-10T12:59:27.129-07:002011-06-10T12:59:27.129-07:00I'm still struggling with Pluto no longer bein...I'm still struggling with Pluto no longer being named a planet. Now the comma? I need a vacation.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5330190226764495766.post-2406686711057633002011-06-09T23:35:15.636-07:002011-06-09T23:35:15.636-07:00A comma in the sky?? Yikes! I don't know tha...A comma in the sky?? Yikes! I don't know that I could hold a straight face for that. Wow.Crystal Pistolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16384208762919600611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5330190226764495766.post-56547208540952434122011-06-09T14:19:32.951-07:002011-06-09T14:19:32.951-07:00Naked dot with its naughty bits showing. *nods* I...Naked dot with its naughty bits showing. *nods* It is so sad, isn't it? You know, though, I think I learned most of those specifics in English by taking Spanish. A foreign language forces us to learn language terms we otherwise don't bother with. Gerunds. Subjunctive. Pluperfect. NEVER would have learned they existed without Spanish.Hart Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17599570189253229318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5330190226764495766.post-86576292133839081362011-06-09T14:08:40.634-07:002011-06-09T14:08:40.634-07:00Haha! Oh, the adventures of a teacher.
x Michell...Haha! Oh, the adventures of a teacher. <br /><br />x <i>Michelle</i> | <i><a href="http://www.thefeatherden.net" rel="nofollow">thefeatherden.net</a></i>Michelle Loretohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08409352186552986656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5330190226764495766.post-77750479425440577122011-06-09T14:00:35.560-07:002011-06-09T14:00:35.560-07:00I wish someone would invent new punctuation called...I wish someone would invent new punctuation called 'Comma in the Sky with Diamonds'.Gorilla Bananashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13044093013423635830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5330190226764495766.post-52879266787621511612011-06-09T08:02:27.119-07:002011-06-09T08:02:27.119-07:00So I guess when I tell my students that a colon is...So I guess when I tell my students that a colon is two periods stacked, my students probably thing I'm talking about a biological disorder. Maybe that's why they refuse to use them.Holly Vancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10113438267020711966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5330190226764495766.post-67403265744637278092011-06-09T07:45:44.842-07:002011-06-09T07:45:44.842-07:00An apostrophe is a comma in the sky? I think that&...An apostrophe is a comma in the sky? I think that's a great description.<br /><br />Oooh, I like flying commas, too!<br /><br />I hope the question mark remains as is because it's so descriptive. But I guess it'll change.notesfromnadirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09904500676081267972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5330190226764495766.post-33199772735534873782011-06-09T07:32:54.262-07:002011-06-09T07:32:54.262-07:00You could say that the question mark is like an em...You could say that the question mark is like an emoticon for the feeling of, "Huh?"Dylan Fitzgeraldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13348331155049367597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5330190226764495766.post-39418575834291746702011-06-09T06:17:21.430-07:002011-06-09T06:17:21.430-07:00My little sister couldn't pronounce "apos...My little sister couldn't pronounce "apostrophe" for a long time, so she called them "flying commas." I had a student once call a semicolon (which she had used correctly!) "the dot-comma hybrid."Rachaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17087847312958608930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5330190226764495766.post-69407324983646250122011-06-08T22:30:49.126-07:002011-06-08T22:30:49.126-07:00Well, I guess they are called different things to ...Well, I guess they are called different things to different people. I've never referred to the tiny dot that ends a sentence as a 'period'. It's called a full stop. To me, a period is a block of time in which a lesson may be taught, or something painful that a woman goes through monthly! :)<br /><br /><a href="http://www.duncaninkuantan.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Duncan In Kuantan</a>Duncan D. Horne - the Kuantan bloggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12693187639452569397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5330190226764495766.post-88787976750748599782011-06-08T21:37:51.796-07:002011-06-08T21:37:51.796-07:00Oh dear. Maybe the comma can be the upside down qu...Oh dear. Maybe the comma can be the upside down quotation mark.<br /><br />p.s. I've missed you! I've had one heck of a time catching up on blogs but now I'm all caught up!Meg O.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00526598454211977192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5330190226764495766.post-57189344526576709802011-06-08T19:50:43.614-07:002011-06-08T19:50:43.614-07:00I loved Mad Libs!
Comma: Upper Comma
Question Ma...I loved Mad Libs! <br /><br />Comma: Upper Comma<br />Question Mark: The half S with tail above the dot OR Half-assed above the dot.Diane J.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06638568994448668008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5330190226764495766.post-21363553444312720602011-06-08T18:44:54.618-07:002011-06-08T18:44:54.618-07:00that's a nostalgia hit! we would of course fil...that's a nostalgia hit! we would of course fill in the mad libs blanks only with swear and naughty words, and the proper names would be those we either loved or hated.<br /><br />comma: squiggle<br /><br />question mark: curvy cool dudethe late phoenixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04397137348877891309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5330190226764495766.post-40412908926675383352011-06-08T18:01:12.468-07:002011-06-08T18:01:12.468-07:00Dude, I love mad libs. Except I always use the sa...Dude, I love mad libs. Except I always use the same 5 or 6 adverbs because I only know adverbs that end in -ly.Shannonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05940369749048830429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5330190226764495766.post-86270640003899787392011-06-08T17:37:28.360-07:002011-06-08T17:37:28.360-07:00An inverted comma, the new name for the apostrophe...An inverted comma, the new name for the apostrophe. And this line of thinking seemed a catastrophe. My heart will not hark, on the lovely question mark, and the rest is just plain silly. Period.Jeff Beeslerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17935580053176710609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5330190226764495766.post-58060761433869633882011-06-08T17:11:20.768-07:002011-06-08T17:11:20.768-07:00I've had fifth-graders confuse commas with apo...I've had fifth-graders confuse commas with apostrophes. I played Mad Libs with them all the time. By June, I was confident they knew pronouns and adverbs. But they used the summer to erase most of the progress, so if I played the game in sixth-grade I bet they would've forgotten it all.<br /><br />I guess they repeat that through college.<br /><br />Comma: a question mark without the tail and dot.Theresa Milsteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03477761307315565259noreply@blogger.com