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A to Z Challenge, English Grammar, Grammatical Glitches, Language and words

Blogging from A to Z Challenge: Theme Reveal 2021

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Ill-fitting grammar are like ill-fitting shoes. You can get used to it for a bit, but then one day your toes fall off and you can’t walk to the bathroom. ~Jasper Fforde

As the image conjured by the above quote lingers in my mind – and perhaps yours too – allow me to introduce my theme for the Blogging from A to Z Challenge.

Blogging from A to Z Challenge 2021 Theme Badge

I prefer having a theme and create content around it – it makes it so much easier to focus my research and writing.

For this year’s challenge, I’m focusing on grammar and the common glitches that trip writers up. As a second-language English speaker, I include myself in this description.

I started to learn English at the age of nine. Before that, I spoke only Portuguese. I dedicated myself to this new language and was a top student both at school and at university where I majored in English Literature.

English grammar is not easy to master, even for first-language speakers and writers. It is with that in mind that I dedicate this year’s A to Z Challenge to the common glitches that tend to trip writers up. My aim is to make the articles informative and fun.

So join me on this journey into the marvellous and oft-times confusing English grammar.

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And … so, I become

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Saint Lucian poet, professor and playwright Derek Walcott famously said: “I read; I travel; I become”.

With increasing travel bans on South Africa, the excitement of visiting other places seems like a distant memory. So I read. And pore over photos of past trips, each photo evoking feelings and remnants of entertaining conversations. And … so, I become.

This photo, taken at the end of a summer day at Cape Point Vineyards kindles reminders of sitting on the grass enjoying exquisite food and wine with wonderful people.

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The jetty at Cape Point Vineyards
©2021 Regina Martins

I end this post with a quote from one of my favourite novels: “We leave something of ourselves behind when we leave a place, we stay there, even though we go away. And there are things in us that we can find again only by going back there.”
― Pascal Mercier, Night Train to Lisbon

The Which Way photo challenge is all about capturing the roads, walks, trails, rails, steps, signs, etc. we move from one place to another.  You can walk on them, climb them, drive them, ride on them, as long as the specific way is visible.