GRAMMAR LESSON.

1. Then: past. Back then...
2. Than: other. Other than...
3. D E F I N I T E L Y
4. T O M O R R O W
5. Y E S T E R D A Y
6. Shoulda = should've = should have. NOT should of. Same for could've, would've, etc. EXCEPTION: kinda. That is kind of, not kind have.
7. Your: possessive. Your dog, your cat, your grandma's pet owl.
8. You're: you are. You're a freaking idiot because you do not understand this.
9. Its: possessive. Its collar is nice.
10. It's: it is. It's not cool that you ignore the squiggly lines under the words you type.
11. When punctuating, there aren't random spaces before/after periods, exclamation points, and question marks. This is how you punctuate. Not this ! Or this.No. Like this. Questions? That is why we have a comment box.
12. A LOT
13. It's HIGH-PERR-BO-LEE. Not HYPER-BOWL.
14. Their: possessive. Their camper smells like a cat died while eating Mexican food.
15. There: place. It's over there, get it yourself, ya lazy piece o' crap.
16. They're: they are. They're all so stupid. Lord help their stupid souls.
17. G R A N T E D. People take things for granted, not for granite. Granite is a type of rock. Holy cow.
18. Y O U. Not U. Not yew. Not yoo.
19. Only add apostrophes when a) it's possessive, or b) it's a conjunction. Does it own something? Are you squishing two words together? If not, FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, STOP.
20. Two, too, to. If you don't know the difference, just go ahead and call in sick from life until you do. (Two = 2. Too = also or exaggeration, ie: too much, too many, too strong. To = everything else.)
21. That means it's "me, too" not "me, two."
22. Capitalized letters are only for words at the beginning of sentences and proper nouns.
23. W H O A
24. O H
25. M O U S T A C H E or M U S T A C H E. Both are acceptable.
26. F A S C I N A T I O N
27. B A C O N
28. J U S T
29. D A M N
30. Who's: who is. Who's understanding this right now?
31. Whose: possessive. Whose is this lovely purple pen? I would love to borrow it.
32. It's a wheelbarrow. Not a wheelbarrel.
33. O F F I C I A L L Y
34. If you're addressing a person, put a comma to separate the name from the rest of the sentence. Blah blah blah, Carl, blah blah. or Carl, blah blah blah. or BLAHBLAH BLAH blahdiddy blah blah, Carl!
35. Things like okay, too, though, however, weird little interjections like that need commas around them. Generally they'll be at the beginning or end of a sentence, so that's good, but yeah, use those. Also, like any time you would pause, or take a breath in a sentence, that needs a comma. Notice my amazing usage right now.
36. And lists! How could I forget lists! Technically there's two different ways to comma a list, but this is the best way: I want Hawaiian pizza, Chinese food, chocolate covered peeps, beef sticks, and some Sunny D for supper. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE TO YOU?
37. Supper: eats. Super: awesome. Supper is twice as super.
38. Dinner: eats. Diner: place to eat.
39. Dessert: nummies. Desert: hot place. Dessert is twice as good as the desert... or something like that.
40. Months and days of the week are capitalized.
41. Capitol: the building.
42. Capital: the letters, the punishment, the city, money, the assets, etc.
43. Whether: whether or not you should do blah blah blah
44. Wether: castrated male sheep
45. Bored: nothing to do
46. Board: wooden plank
47. Boared: NOT A WORD.
48. B E L I E V E
49. G O R G E O U S
50. "This is how you write a quote," said Chrissy, "because if you do it wrong, you'll look like a dumbass."

And this has been 50 things you need to work on, with Chrissy Dittmer!