Today’s Hate Mail, Graded
Graded hate mail for October 13.
Jay writes:
So it’s going on 5 months since the last installment. What’s the deal? I get the feeling that you’re becoming as bored with this story as I have been over the last several chapters. Why not just tell us who the wife is and put this thing out of it’s misery.
The magic has evaporated buddy.
My grade:
Congratulations on using capital letters and complete sentences. Congratulations on excellent spelling and diction. You even demonstrate a grasp of contractions, including the ever-challenging “you’re.” That’s the good news. Now for the bad…
1) “It’s” is a contraction meaning “it is,” but you confused it with “its,” a possessive adjective. You should have written “…out of its misery.”
2) Use a comma to set off direct address, as in “The magic has evaporated, buddy.”
I give you a B+. A solid effort, but I’m sure you can do better.
- Nick
I am ashamed to say that I actually learned some grammar. Thank you, in a round about sort of way.
By the way, keep up the great work!
Howhy from Texas.
Hey, how’s it hangin Nick. I’ll see you tonsil trouble and raise you a quadruple bypass and an amputated below the knee left leg.
Nice idea grading the hate mail. I’d do it too, but it looks like too much work.
As Bob Snapp always said
Cheers
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