Much of my email comes from physicians. Grammar apparently is not a required course in medical school.

A frequent trash item in my mailbox the last couple weeks has 'serious letter you must to read' as the subject. Cracks me up every time.

I am not the queen of the properly placed comma, but I try to proof at least once before I hit send. Not here so much as with business stuff.

eta: I don't know what she is coughing about,,,,

it's the 80s, right? Not the 80's

Well the Chicago MoS and MLA format would say that in fact it's the '80s.

ETA: Anal x-post!

I don't put an apostrophe in things like 80s. I see it so often though, that now and then, I'll wonder if there isn't a case to be made for it when it's arguably possessive (e.g. 80's fashion = fashion belonging to the 1980s). Then, however, I think, "Well, that should be '80s' fashion', shouldn't it," and then I remember the apostrophe belongs at the front, as tommyrot mentions, and go back to abusing commas, which is the purpose for which God made me.

That one I see too often both ways to notice anymore. DVD's or DVDs? Neither hurts my eyes.

Grammer

I thought God made Cindy for the long rambly paragraphs of run-on sentences that change their minds mid-clause.

In news about me, I'm still not feeling great, and now I've eaten an entire sleeve of saltines. What should I do for lunch?

And here's a table that gives you the current equivalent for pre-1996 SAT scores. (My math score went down! No fair.)

I'm more depressed by the 50 point upward curve my verbal score translates to than the 10 point drop in math. Yeah, it was hard to score that high and only one other student in my graduating class did so, but we did actually make mistakes and earn the less-than-perfect score. How low are they going to adjust the bar?

Ginger ale.

I thought God made Cindy for the long rambly paragraphs of run-on sentences that change their minds mid-clause.