So, the other night my husband and I got into a grammatical debate over his graduate student essay. The first line began with a statement that included an unnecessary conjunction. Though the purpose of his introduction was to be a witty mockery of the author he was analyzing, I could not enjoy the sarcasm because I was SO distracted by the intruding conjunction. The English teacher in me cringed every time I heard “so post labeling.” We proceeded to debate whether or not the clever imitation of the author was more valuable than grammatical symmetry. Eventually, the debate boiled down to two points: whether or not my husband knows his basic conjunctions and the proper usage of them (there will be a footnote lesson for all at the bottom of this blog) and how hypocritical I am to reject the overuse of “so” in written form when I so frequently use it in verbal form. So, in honor of the overuse of conjunctions everywhere I decided to blog about it to honor so with the much needed respect it so deserves. Are you already beginning to see how so annoying “so” can be? So, why do we use “so” so much because I am so over it!
PS: For those of you wondering, “So, why did write this lame blog?” I ask, “So, why are you still reading it?”
*A conjunction is used to connect two related ideas or complete thoughts. Please note that none of the statements above actually require a conjunction. An easy way to remember your basic conjunctions is the acronym FANBOYS, though there are many more.
F-for
A-and
N-nor
B-but
O-or
Y-yet
S-everyone’s favorite………………so!
can you write also about how to correctly spell "y'all" and "yea!" ?
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