You know what’s one thing that especially grinds my gears? Short forms that aren’t really short forms. It’s bad enough that many “gangstaz” embrace the lack of vowels and some consonants when typing (”yo r u gnna cum wit us 2nite alrdy?! “ — moderate usage of “cutting down” is fine, but doing it to [...]

…SAVE THE APOSTROPHE THIS NEW YEAR!!!
A cruel revelation: this special time period in the last few weeks of December marks not only the blatant injustice of Christmas, but another thing almost as horrifying: the uncalled-for removal of the apostrophe from its hard-earned, rightful place in the phrase “new year’s”, such as “New Year’s Eve”, “new [...]

Thanks for joining us at Angry Chinese Driver for another great lesson on English grammar! Today, we’ll be discussing the homonyms “there”, “their”, and “they’re”. They’re actually easy to differentiate, but people who are inadequate in their writing skills confuse these three words here and there.
THERE = designating a place, simply put. “The car is [...]

I’ve once said that the one thing that truly grinds my gears is BAD GRAMMAR. Well after putting it off for a long time, I’ve finally decided to begin a [possibly never-ending] set of grammar lessons on Angry Chinese Driver. Sad, I know; even sadder is the fact that many of you need to learn [...]