When you’re a grammarian, people react to you in interesting and sometimes downright strange ways. When the first edition of English Grammar For Dummies came out in 2001, an elderly man asked me about something that had puzzled him for eight decades: Why did his church, St. Paul’s, include an apostrophe in its name? (For the answer, turn to Chapter 11.) My nephew called to inquire whether his company’s sign in Times Square should include a semicolon. I said no, though the notion of a two story tall neon semicolon was tempting. Lots of people became tonguetied, sure that I was judging their choice of who or whom. They worried needlessly, because I consider myself off duty when I’m not teaching or writing. [download]
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