Okay, I will admit it – I am not a grammarian. However, I have to say, it is often with intention that I write as I do in these posts. I know I am not suppose to begin or end a sentence with a preposition, and I am most definitely not suppose to mix tenses.
However, if you too have had trouble sleeping lately and actually read this blog, you will see I often do switch tenses – in the same paragraph.
What I find most challenging is that when I am describing someone -a friend, family member or my husband or kids, and give them an attribute like “resilient” the fact is they were resilient when it happened and they are resilient now.
As I reflect on these past few months this tense thing, well, its making me tense. I just want to clear the air and put it out there that I KNOW my past present participles are getting mixed up with a whole heap of slip infinitives and the ultimate question is of course the nomenclature of how we all speak today. Is the “me and him” vernacular replacing “he and I”…these are the things that keep me up at night. Do people think my tumor has done more damage than we ever anticipated?! I mean, clearly I am not a scholar of Strunk & White…but I do write with intention and intentionality. Which is it?
By the way, if you don’t know what Strunk & White is, I love you even more. I sleep next to the grammar Nazi every night. The Elements of Style is on his bedside table. Compelling reading for sure.
Why Not Me 
I needed a solid laugh. THANK YOU.
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For the love of God, Wardo, I hope no one is judging your grammar! I love how you write because it sounds just like you. Only worry about grammar if it provides a welcome distraction from everything else (personally – I think that is what internet shopping is for, but to
each their own😆). Love you, love your blog, love your grammar. ❌⭕️
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xoxo – your grammar is perfect in my opinion!
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Will’s bedside-table reading gives THE ELEMENTS OF STYLE a whole new light. In fact, I think that makes it deserving of another read. Clearly I missed something! (Is it a Yale thing?) 🙂
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