Reading Response: Article Three " 7 Bogus Grammar 'Errors' You Don't Need to Worry About"

I find it funny how Ben Yagoda writes that it is okay to start a sentence with a conjunction. Sometimes some sentences do sound better if they begin with a conjunction, but many teachers will make you go back and find another way to start your sentence. I have a problem with ending my sentences with a proposition and not wording things correctly. It is like I know what I am trying to say, but when it is written down in what is supposed to be proper English, it does not look right. See! I did it. The sentence before would sound better if I wrote "It is like I know what I am trying to say, but it does not look right written down in what is supposed to be proper English."

I usually write an English paper in my head before I write it down. The problem with that is I always use a passive voice and assume people know what and who I am talking about. This never fails. A teacher always questions who or what did such and such in the sentence. The passive voice always leads to my wordiness and inability to word sentences in the correct order. It was a relief to know that someone else thinks the passive voice in writings is a grammar error that people do not need to worry about.



I will no longer allow the fixations of bogus grammar errors make me seem like a bad, wordy writer.