Grammar

I used to be good at the names of things and their descriptions and usage but since getting brain damage in 2002/2003 I've lost the ability to recognise which are verbs, adverbs, nouns etc.

I swallowed my pride and admitted my difficulties with grammar since coming out of ICU in 2002/2003 to SCBWI and I got 3 URLs to go to so that I could download things that described what each of the grammar words meant and gave some simple examples.

This page had exactly what I was after... just need to read it every day until my brain remembers my GCSE English and it's all sorted then.

It's things like this that make it so worth the annual fee!

Review of "The Moon Laughed at Me" by Katie Woolhouse

I know Katie from SCBWI and couldn't wait to get my hands on her book when I found out it was published and ready to be bought!

This is a cute little picture book about the main character, Izzy, going to the park and playing with her friends.

The first couple of pages are confusing for me though... at first I thought Izzy was a little girl, then a cat then back to a little girl again and there are a few inconsistencies with SpaG that kinda distracted me from the story... sorry, Katie!

If you've got a young child who seems to have never-ending energy then get this book 'cos that describes Izzy (the MC) to a tee!  They even go back to the park in the dark because Izzy can't sleep and wants to go and play with her friends again!

It ends up as Izzy going back home and falling asleep though.

Nite nite Izzy!

Alright and all right

I'm a member of SCBWI in the BI region and there has been a discussion on the FB page about when to use the words 'alright' and when to use 'all right'.

I reckon that if you can put another word between the 'all' and the 'right' then you should use the spaced spelling (eg all the right questions) but if you can't then it's the non-spaced version (I'm alright Jack).

What do you reckon?  When should you use the spaced version and why?  When should you use the single word version and why?