More family squabbling

Over the weekend, I went with my mother back to north central Missouri to go through more stuff in my grandmother’s house. (This time, no word of warning about gun-cleaning at the hotel. But someone had pulled the battery out and very carefully propped it on top of the smoke detector.) On Saturday, they decided… Continue reading More family squabbling

Grammar check, part 2

Reunion.com — the Web site that want to reconnect you with your former school chums — doesn’t know the difference between “you’re” and “your” according to an ad they have on Facebook. So I told them about it on Sunday. Today, Reunion responded to my e-mail about the error with a form letter: Recently you… Continue reading Grammar check, part 2