14 Grammar Memes And Jokes From 2018

    "Copy editing gives us an opportunity for resistance!"

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    em dashes were handed down by the gods nobody can tell me otherwise

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    “Just use ‘you and me’ when they’re the objects of the sentence and ‘you and I’ when they’re the subjects IT’S NOT THAT HARD!”

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    ┏┓ ┃┃╱╲ In this ┃╱╱╲╲ house ╱╱╭╮╲╲ we use ▔▏┗┛▕▔ & appreciate ╱▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔╲ The Oxford Comma ╱╱┏┳┓╭╮┏┳┓ ╲╲ ▔▏┗┻┛┃┃┗┻┛▕▔

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    Editor: "pleaded guilty" Brain: don't do it don't do it don't do it don't do it don't do it don't do it don't do it don't do it don't do it CMS: "a man pled guilty to"

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    someone: hey could you let me know if i need a comma here? me, has a B.S. in linguistics: do u feel a comma in your heart

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    have not stopped laughing at this text from my dad, a copy editor for Christ, since i got it yesterday