Grammar.net's Best Grammar Blog of 2011 Contest

As previously announced, A Walk in the WoRds was hand-picked as a pre-nominated finalist for Grammar.net's Best Grammar Blog of 2011 Contest.

Well, the contest has officially begun and votes will be accepted between September 26th and October 17th, 2011.

The list of nominees includes numerous outstanding blogs, many of which I read and link to regularly. Congratulations to each of you.

To support this blog with a vote, please click here and enter a check mark next to A Walk in the WoRds then scroll to the bottom of the page and enter the captcha to submit your vote.

Language Lovers Rock

Interjections (Hey!) show excitement (Hey!) or emotion (Hey!).

Hey, hurray and wow!!! This blog has been nominated as one of Lexiophiles Top 100 Language Lovers Blogs in the "Language Professionals" category. I couldn't be more thrilled (and honored). Thank you to all who sent nominations. This means that A Walk in the WoRds made it to the official voting phase. Yippee!

Now...if it's not too much to ask and if you feel that this blog reaches my goal of promoting an appreciation and understanding of language through entertaining and educational posts, please enter your official vote for A Walk in the WoRds by clicking on the link below and following the voting instructions.

VOTE HERE

I will now leave you with the complete lyrics to SCHOOLHOUSE ROCK's Interjections!

(Cough! Cough! Cough!)
When Reginald was home with the flu, uh-huh-huh,
The doctor knew just what to do-hoo.
He cured the infection
With one small injection
While Reginald uttered some interjections..

Hey! That smarts!
Ouch! That hurts!
Yow! That's not fair givin' a guy a shot down there!

Interjections (Hey!) show excitement (Yow!) or emotion (Ouch!).
They're generally set apart from a sentence by an exclamation point,
Or by a comma when the feeling's not as strong.

Though Geraldine played hard to get, uh-huh-huh
Geraldo knew he'd woo her ye-het
He showed his affection
Despite her objections
And Geraldine hollered some interjections...

Well! You've got some nerve!
Oh! I've never been so insulted in all my life!
Hey! You're kinda cute!

Interjections (Well!) show excitement (Oh!) or emotion (Hey!).
They're generally set apart from a sentence by an exclamation point,
Or by a comma when the feeling's not as strong.

So when you're happy (Hurray!) or sad (Aw!)
Or frightened (Eeeeeek!) or mad (Rats!)
Or excited (Wow!) or glad (Hey!)
An interjection starts a sentence right.

The game was tied at seven all, uh-huh-huh,
When Franklin found he had the ba-hall.
He made a connection
In the other direction,
And the crowd started shouting out interjections...

Aw! You threw the wrong way!
Darn! You just lost the game!
Hurray! I'm for the other team!

Interjections (Aw!) show excitement (Darn!) or emotion (Hurray!).
They're generally set apart from a sentence by an exclamation point,
Or by a comma when the feeling's not as strong.

So when you're happy (Hurray!) or sad (Aw!)
Or frightened (Eeeeeek!) or mad (Rats!)
Or excited (Wow!) or glad (Hey!)
An interjection starts a sentence right.

Interjections (Hey!) show excitement (Hey!) or emotion (Hey!).
They're generally set apart from a sentence by an exclamation point,
Or by a comma when the feeling's not as strong.

Interjections show excitement or emotion,
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah... YEA!

Darn! That's the end!

A Note to My Regular Readers

Dearest Readers,

The bab.la language portal and Lexiophiles language blog have run a Top 100 Language Blogs competition since 2008. The list of winners from the past three years can be found here. It includes some outstanding blogs, many of which I read and link to regularly.

Well, the 2011 Top 100 Language Lovers competition has begun.

In the competition, readers are asked to nominate and vote for their personal favorite language blogs in a number of categories. The nomination period is May 3 - May 16, and the voting voting period is May 17 - May 29.

The reason I bring this to your attention is that I would be honored to be nominated in the "Language Learning Blogs" category. If you feel that this blog reaches my goal of promoting an appreciation and understanding of language through entertaining and educational posts, please visit 2011 Top 100 Language Lovers competition to nominate A Walk in the Words.

Click on the "LEAVE A COMMENT" button at the bottom of the page and enter a nomination for URL http://walkinthewords.blogspot.com/ in the "Language Learning Blogs" category.

Alternatively, an e-mail with the above URL can be sent to giulia@bab.la

I greatly appreciate your continued readership and support.

Fondly,

Laura