This blog is just wonderful, apparently

One of the more interesting things about running a blog that is visited by a reasonable number of people is the fan mail. My immense modesty prevents me from keeping visible the thousands of positive comments that are posted here, but I thought I would give you an idea of the sort of praise [...]

Clealiness of toliets in schools

This sign was visible for some months at my daughters’ old school:

It vanished rather quickly after I was spotted taking a photo of it. My daughters don’t go to that school any more. Instead, they go to the school where I took this photo this morning:

Again, [...]

AutoCAD 2009 – Automatic spell checker

I’ve seen quite a few positive comments about the new automated spell checking feature, with some people saying that it alone is enough to make AutoCAD 2009 worth the price of admission. I wouldn’t go quite that far, but it is a nice feature. If you enter or edit text or mtext, a little [...]

Grammar and AutoCAD

I have a lot of posts about AutoCAD and a few about grammar, but I expect this will be the only post I ever make that combines the subjects.

Autodesk founder John Walker, a very prominent figure in AutoCAD’s history, has written an article about the correct use of the apostrophe. While I enjoyed [...]

Other “grammar” blog’s

Heres more pedantism of a grammatarian nature for you’re pleasure:

Apostrophe Abuse

The Grammar Vandal

Apostrophism

Enjoy!

The “Blog” of “Unnecessary” Quotation Marks

As a “grammar Nazi”, I must say I “love” this “blog”.

http://quotation-marks.blogspot.com/

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