Longtime N&O journalist Pam Nelson writes about language use and misuse and answers questions about grammar and style. Readers can weigh in on what annoys them, too. Think of this as your online grammar class. Send e-mail to Pam at pam.nelson@newsobserver.com.
I've been thinking about how people learn English as a second language and studying inflection, including the way we make plurals and possessives. So here is a short quiz on possessives for native speakers as well as for those who have learned or are learning English as a second language.
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Pam Nelson began her career as a writer in 1976 and has worked in various editing jobs at The News & Observer since 1987. She has won awards for her headline writing and has taught college classes in copy editing and seminars in grammar and usage. 
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dertghj kas kasadet
Mon, 11/16/2009 - 23:49 — digitrdertghj kas kasadet sancısına ne iyi gelirhadi garierotik film izle - fersbuk - aşk falı - dertyli - cinsel pozisyonlar - henbi sıcak sohbet - gerdsacvbnm
- - - ferdsazx isyan sözleri - gertyu -escort bayanlar hertfders - bedava film izle - gertyuliseli kızlar -fersd aşk şiirleri - merty çet -certylş şifalı bitkiler ve faydaları - gbnmöç. dul bayanlarla sohbet gtredsa - islami çet treds-playboy güzelleri bgtyuıop - çet hyuopğ
çetleşme jklşi
çet sohbet - hjklşhikayeler - htres çet sohbet asd
müzik dinle fgtre -sohbet - gbnmöçtürkü dinle jmöç
şarkı dinle ujklş
film izle uıkl - cinsel pozisyonlar grtyu
escort bayanlar -frty
rted- sohbet - gerkapak laflar - ert
sohbet peki doğum günü sözleri keri
korku filmi izle hadi gari
Owh, I usually go to
Mon, 08/17/2009 - 00:27 — ninaninaOwh, I usually go to EnglishPage for such exercises. It is great to improve and refresh my English. Thank you anyway for the reference.
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Not smart
Tue, 04/14/2009 - 17:45 — bmackThought I was smart. I'm not. Got 40%. Argh! Flog me!
Which county is that?
Wed, 04/01/2009 - 07:30 — bellaparolaSorry to highjack your comments for an unrelated complaint, but I never did find anywhere better to post issues like this.
Last night and again this morning, the main page of the website has stories about the DUI scandal in Johnston County. Except that the cutline last night and the headline this morning omit the T and are apparently talking about bad guys in Kansas or Texas - the closest Johnson Counties I can find.
If McClatchy is thinning the ranks, perhaps they could begin with those who know nothing about the area they live in and are supposed to be covering.
hiatus
Sun, 03/29/2009 - 10:12 — baldezarUntil today, I did not know that hiatus has a meaning in linguistics, of which two examples are Triangle and hiatus. Is your title clever or just fortuitous, or half each?