I have a confession to make: I don’t know how to diagram a sentence. Oh, sure, I used to know how to do it, and in fact spent most of my 8th grade career diagramming sentences. But I don’t remember how to do it now, and honestly couldn’t have confirmed that I knew how to… Continue reading Confessions of a College English Teacher, Part the First
Month: April 2015
Welcome to The Persnickety Pen…
...where I used to put helpful things like writing tips for people who found themselves at the impossible crossroads of writing something and writing something well. I have since decided there are enough of those sites, and I'd rather write about something far more interesting to me: namely, me. So, for better or for blah,… Continue reading Welcome to The Persnickety Pen…
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