The rules of grammar are sometimes very puzzling to me. It is interesting how an extra letter can throw off the entire meaning of a sentence or phrase.
So my last post (they were actually three different posts on the same day to make up for my lackadaisical behaviour of my actually posting three separate posts on different occasions as required by my facilitator) has a glaring mistake that upon sighting it I am gravely ashamed to call my self a mass communication student (good thing my major is psychology ;-). SFX does not mean special effects (or as I have it in the blog speecial effects). SFX refers to sound effects. I have made the less apparent grammatical corrections but kept this one to show that I am but human and therefore fallible. However, in my translation class (yes I also take courses in french) my teacher always makes a point about getting the correct special and so has my teacher for this course even when we are typing in the online forums.Why is this necessary? It is tacky and will turn off your audience. Writing for electronic media requires that you keep the tone of your work consistent. Therefore if you are doing standard English with minimum slang, do not deviate into complete colloquial terms or dialects.
Improving Your Grammar
With the advent of the internet it is easier than ever to learn how to do it correctly. Here are a few sites I found helpful.
If you do need more it's not hard to locate good grammar
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