Curious Incidents of a Flailing Mermaid

The Ultimate Grammar Nerd

30 DBC - 22nd September - Prompt: Is there a particular rule of grammar that irks you when you see it has been broken?

When I first saw this prompt this morning, I read "rule of grammar" as "type of grammar" (it was 6am and I hadn't had coffee yet). My reaction, in my head, went something like this:

Type of grammar? TYPE of grammar???? What on earth is a TYPE of grammar??? Grammar is grammar!!

Then I had coffee and started getting ready, thinking this:

Shit! What if there are different types of grammar!? What if I've just made an idiot of myself in front of my own brain!?

So, while I was being driven to a meeting at a school two hours away, I googled "types of grammar". Embarrassingly, I actually googled "types of grammer" but shhhh .
Turns out, I did make an idiot of myself in front of my own brain! Apparently, there are ten types of grammar. huh! Look: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 types of grammar  
All very well and good. But, I'm going to be completely honest with you guys... At this moment in time, I have absolutely no clue what anything in that article actually means. Don't get me wrong, I'm a reasonably intelligent person so could probably work it all out. It's just I have a migraine coming on and, frankly, I don't want to!

Anyway, I've just used 1600 characters answering a prompt that wasn't actually the prompt. Impressive, huh? So let me start again:

30 DBC - 22nd September - Prompt: Is there a particular rule of grammar that irks you when you see it has been broken?

Nope, not really. Just... ALL OF THEM!

I just grammar harshly. But surprisingly not AS much on WDC - go figure - unless I'm reviewing. If I read something formal and it has a grammatical error, I find it very difficult to take it seriously. If it has several, I consider the 'return to sender option'.

My best friend has a new boyfriend and she has shown me some of his text messages. But only to make me want to cry! The guy used 'to', 'too' AND 'two' all in one message, and they ALL meant the wrong thing. I'm fairly lenient on grammar in texts, blogs and social media, but that just hurt my skin.
Don't get me wrong. Good education doesn't equal good grammar, and vice versa. Chris has three degrees and his grammar is awful.

On that note, I'd like the end this part of the post, with this guy...

In Other News:

I do genuinely have a migraine coming on so I feel pretty unwell, so I don't have much "other news"
Today marks the 9 prompt countdown until the end of this round of 30DBC, 9 day countdown until I get my cast off, and 9 day countdown until I can (hopefully) share my top secret secret.

Today's Yellow Brick

1470

Clues so far:

I am not pregnant
It has absolutely nothing to do with bricks
14th October 2014
I'm going somewhere
I'm not actually leaving my city
I've got four guests going with me!
I need to find something to wear
There will be a posh meal involved
I'm getting something
The outfit I find needs to match Royal Blue and Gold... or should try to, at least
Apples
Changing corn
Kylie Minogue has one


Guesses so far: ▼

You've been contacted for publishing your autobiography. - LostGhost: Seeking & Learning
Is it another advertisement poster but this time featuring divorce? - Mitchopolis
You're going to take up swimming again - Elle - on hiatus
You're going to speaking at a conference - Elle - on hiatus
Your going to grow pineapples - Lyn's a Witchy Woman
You're getting promoted as a regional manager or something along that lines for your area - LostGhost: Seeking & Learning
Another go at the honeymoon? - Jack-check out 7YS
Your going to a writing conference! - 💙 Carly - aka Joan Watson
You're coming to see me!!! - Elle - on hiatus
A new house of course! - Jack-check out 7YS
You're going to speak at the university? - Elle - on hiatus
Some kind of public speaking event at the University. - 💙 Carly - aka Joan Watson
You're going to a family event - wedding or christening - Elle - on hiatus
You're going to a party of some sort. Maybe someone's honouring you. - Jack-check out 7YS
Your graduating from the university! - 💙 Carly - aka Joan Watson
You're going to be a grandmother - Lyn's a Witchy Woman
going out to celebrate the publication of your first book - 💙 Carly - aka Joan Watson
Are you going to the Footlights International Tour Show? - River
You're going to give out awards at a ceremony? - Elle - on hiatus
think you're receiving an award. Some kind of 'lifetime achievement' thing or 'services to swimming/para-athletes' - Elle - on hiatus
you have won something or are nominated for an award - 💙 Carly - aka Joan Watson
You are having dinner with royalty - a prince, a duchess, a child and a hubby? - Mitchopolis
Are you going to the Footlights International Tour Show.? - River
You are getting a new job and you get to celebrate the job with four people of your choice at a nice restaurant. - ElaineElaine
A Lifetime Achievement Award? - Jack-check out 7YS
You are getting an award at a dinner banquet for the poster ads you and hubby did - The Annual Bus Stop Advert Awards - Mitchopolis
an honorary doctorate! - Elle - on hiatus
You are going to an awards dinner. Royal Blue and Gold are university colours so it is an honourary degree. - 💙 Carly - aka Joan Watson
Honorary degree. Or a regular one(have you been studying without telling anyone? - Jack-check out 7YS
You are being presented a lifetime achievement award by Queen Elizabeth and the Olympic committee and you can have four guest join you at the castle.- Lyn's a Witchy Woman
You're receiving sponsorship from Apple? Or a cider company? - Elle - on hiatus
Your Queen is honoring you! - ANN Counselor, Lesbian & Happy
an OBE - Elle - on hiatus
Are you going to be appointed by the French Government as a Chevalier (knight) of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres? - River
You are going to go watch Ed Sheeran's performance? ~ Aqua ~
You're gettting an honorary Doctor of Health Science (D.H.Sc.) degree - 💙 Carly - aka Joan Watson

I'm hoping that by the end of this challenge (30th September) I will be allowed to share. So, for the next twenty days, I will give you a yellow brick at the end of each (or most) of my blog entries. With each brick will be a clue pointing towards what my top secret secret is! You can all have one guess each day. The first person to guess correctly will win a Mystery MB from me. I will NOT tell you if you're right or wrong until I know I am allowed to announce. If I am allowed to announce before the end of the 30DBC, the clues will become more obvious.
So, to sum up, use my daily clues to guess my secret. Be the first and you'll win a Mystery MB.