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Er… Firady Floleis #? – oh, drat, here’s a quiz! πŸ˜¬πŸ˜ƒ

February 12, 2021February 12, 2021 ~ Ellie P. ~ 9 Comments

Well folks, this double vision’s got the best of the Grammar Cop! She was off ‘sick’ during the past week, so instead of grammar goofs, here is…

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Friday Follies #258 – Making Grammar Great Again, One Hyphen at a Time

February 5, 2021 ~ Ellie P. ~ 2 Comments

Happy February, FFers! Here’s a lineup of dreary desperadoes for you, language lawbreakers all! πŸ˜…

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Friday Follies #257 – Making Grammar Great Again, One Hyphen at a Time

January 29, 2021 ~ Ellie P. ~ 6 Comments

The Grammar Cop has a feast for Friday Follies followers today. (Say that 10 times fast.)

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Friday Follies #256 – Making Grammar Great Again, One Hyphen at a Time

January 22, 2021 ~ Ellie P. ~ 7 Comments

The Grammar Cop brings you a flock of frightful faux-pas this week. Can you spot them? πŸ‘€

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Friday Follies #255 – Making Grammar Great Again, One Hyphen at a Time

January 15, 2021 ~ Ellie P. ~ 6 Comments

The Grammar Cop sees red whenever she comes across these nasty spelling boo-boos! 😜

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Friday Follies #254 – Making Grammar Great Again, One Hyphen at a Time

January 8, 2021January 8, 2021 ~ Ellie P. ~ 7 Comments

Heeey, FFers! Welcome to the first 2021 lineup of bloopers presented by your ever-vigilant Grammar Cop! 😁

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Friday Follies – A Christmas Gift

December 25, 2020December 24, 2020 ~ Ellie P. ~ Leave a comment

Here are some tidbits of writing-related advice and tips I’ve come across… so I’m sharing the joy! A Merry Christmas to you all, from Santa Ellie, aka the Grammar Cop! 🀢🌲πŸ₯‚

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Friday Follies #253 – Making Grammar Great Again, One Hyphen at a Time

December 18, 2020 ~ Ellie P. ~ 4 Comments

Glitches, goofs, and gaffes! Oh my! Come and see the Grammar Cop’s haul o’ the week!

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Friday Follies #252 – Making Grammar Great Again, One Hyphen at a Time

December 11, 2020 ~ Ellie P. ~ 4 Comments

Hey, Friday Follies fans! Time once again for another round of frightful faux-pas!

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Friday Follies #251 – Making Grammar Great Again, One Hyphen at a Time

December 4, 2020 ~ Ellie P. ~ 8 Comments

Hi FF followers! You’re just in time for the Grammar Cop’s latest nest o’ nasties! πŸ˜„

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What’s Wrong With Me?! – My little medical saga has a nice dramatic arc to it: puzzling beginning, painful middle, and an ending that was a relief in more ways than one.

Surviving Hollywood North
Surviving Hollywood North – An irreverent memoir revealing how Ellie Presner wrangled insecure screenwriters, harried producers and directors, and eccentric actors in Montreal’s flourishing film business during the 1990s.

First Kiss and Other True Fiction
First Kiss and Other True Fiction – Evocative short pieces ranging from a little girl’s terror, to an older child’s disillusionment, to the glory (and confusion) of a budding adolescent’s first kiss… not without a dollop of humour.

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launches a project every month

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