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Friday Follies #246 – Making Grammar Great Again, One Hyphen at a Time

October 30, 2020 ~ Ellie P. ~ 10 Comments

Hi FFers! The Grammar Cop brings you a potpourri of pungent faux-pas.

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Friday Follies #245 – Making Grammar Great Again, One Hyphen at a Time

October 23, 2020October 24, 2020 ~ Ellie P. ~ Leave a comment

The Grammar Cop is loath to admit that this set of boo-boos gives her a headache – yet it’s simple to fix. Let’s do it!

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Friday Follies #240 – Making Grammar Great Again, One Hyphen at a Time

September 18, 2020September 18, 2020 ~ Ellie P. ~ 8 Comments

Come and enjoy the Grammar Cop’s spread today: verbs, verbs, and – yes, verbs! 😄

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Friday Follies #227 – Making Grammar Great Again, One Hyphen at a Time

June 12, 2020 ~ Ellie P. ~ 4 Comments

They don’t call me the Grammar Grouch and Punctuation Princess for nothing. Have a look at this week’s gaffes!

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Friday Follies #214 – Making Grammar Great Again, One Hyphen at a Time

January 10, 2020 ~ Ellie P. ~ 4 Comments

Greetings one and all from the Grammar Cop. Sad to say, glitches still abound in this otherwise-happy New Year! 😝 Take a look!

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Friday Follies #206 – Post-Halloween QUIZ

November 1, 2019 ~ Ellie P. ~ 6 Comments

Let’s see how much you’ve been paying attention to Friday Follies – Making Grammar Great Again, One Hyphen at a Time. 😃

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Friday Follies #195 – Making Grammar Great Again, One Hyphen at a Time

August 16, 2019 ~ Ellie P. ~ 9 Comments

She’s baaaaack! The Grammar Cop has gathered some ghastly goofs for your inspection. Enjoy! 😄

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Friday Follies #155 – Making Grammar Great Again, One Hyphen at a Time

October 6, 2018October 6, 2018 ~ Ellie P. ~ 12 Comments

Arrgghh! The Grammar Cop is late again!! Sorry FF fans, the days just seem to fly by way too fast!! Anyway, there is now a Post-It® note stuck on the bottom of my computer screen. Eye roll. Okay! On to this week’s errors!

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Friday Follies #152 – Making Grammar Great Again, One Hyphen at a Time

September 14, 2018 ~ Ellie P. ~ 13 Comments

Hi again, FFers! Welcome back to another edition of Friday Follies, in which the Grammar Cop shares with you her favourite (least favourite?) bloopers of the week.

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Friday Follies #148 – Making Grammar Great Again, One Hyphen at a Time

August 17, 2018 ~ Ellie P. ~ 11 Comments

Hi, FFers! In these hot, lazy, hazy days of summer, the Grammar Cop admittedly didn’t work too hard to find this week’s boo-boos. Without further ado:

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