We all fail sometimes, and I know I could stand to lighten up a little now and then.

I posted a grammar police thing a while back and immediately wished I could retract it.

We will forgive you if you promise to forgive yourself.

I am still guilty of said sins against progressivitty after many trips around the sun..

I do notice and inwardly object to certain usages, misspellings, etc. But I am able to ignore them because I realize that being a DUer is not the same as being a teacher. In addition, I actually enjoy casual and perhaps colloquial language. It makes posts more interesting. Usually such transgressions don't obscure the meaning of the post anyway. And, as many a college professor has reminded me, meaning is the purpose of language.

My scholarly writing is much better but also less accessible to people outside my discipline. Know your audience!

For my bad spelling. She told me if the message is understood, the spelling and grammar are correct. I suffer from dysgraphia, like many famous people. I went on to graduate Magna Cum Laude from that university. Took a lot of work, perhaps more than most.
About killed my mom, an English teacher.