I have begun my attempts to comply with the varied and often frustratingly illogical rules of the English Language. Daniel and I concur that this is no easy feat.
It does not help that Mom is an English Major.
While some kids might get away with slipping in the occasional comma splice or dangling modifier, we find our ingeniously new improvisations upon old grammar rules promptly replaced with proper grammar.
I do find myself wavering toward the linguistic camp that would promote rules that describe usage rather than a more prescriptive model. Mom seems to understand Daniel perfectly well when he describes a lovely "flowler" or asks "Joshua eating baby food?". The world would be so much less stressed out if people could just relax the rules a little and say things as the words stream into their mind.
Why for example can we not say, as Daniel is so fond of stating, "What he doed?". This would follow so swimmingly well with the other normal verb past tenses!
Just to clarify I never don't make mistakes myself.
I mean, I am not going to try to never misuse the English language.
*sigh*
Anyhow. In favor of stating things correctly I try to limit myself to single word imperative statements like the following:
(**Those viewing on your phone; for some reason the videos only seem to work from computers - sorry!)
Pretty useful for a first word, don't you think?
All those babies out there who like to read this blog while rehearsing their first words and eating my Mommy is certainly thrilled!
WAIT!
Please insert a comma above!
Concisely,
Joshua
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