Prepositions and postpositions… 
Generally, I’m solid (I think!) when it comes to spelling, grammar, pronunciation, etc.
But damn, it’s time to admit – I never learned how to use a semicolon. Must’ve been sick that day.
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Is a semicolon something related to a gastrostomy?
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“I’ve got a semicolon, now I have to punctuate into a bag”
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This makes me want to check the rule for semicolon in my language… But it’s late so maybe tomorrow 
Would be cool to have a brush up grammar course 
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The way I use the semi-colon is based on instinct; when I feel like it 
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My motto for semicolons and the like has always been the same; fake it till you make it, baby! Who’s going to really correct me, anyway?
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Certainly not someone; who has no idea how; to apply one!
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Pretty sure a semi-colon isn’t too different from a comma, I think it’s two distinct thoughts but one sentence. A colon is basically a new sentence to follow. But English wasn’t my best subject and I’m probably way off
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I think that comes pretty close yeah
Close enough! I think colons are for when the second half is a continuation or contingent on the first half some how and what you said about semicolons is correct. I think. And I’m too lazy to look it up. Fakin’ it all the way…
I know this isn’t about spelling, but I really am upset that at 39 years old, a big reader my whole life, I can’t explain what irony is to someone. One of my biggest regrets thus far in life.
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That’s rather ironic amiga.
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Mine is grateful (I feel like it should be greatful).
And not spelling, but I get some words confused. I often say pillow instead of cushion. And for some reason hoovering the lawn instead of mowing. Although now more people have artificial grass, hoovering the lawn is actually a thing 
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Okay, now I’m reading up on irony. I never knew what TS would help me accomplish in my life 
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Hint, ignore basically everything Alanis Morissette has to say on the subject. Except for having 10,000 spoons when all you need is a knife, despite it being a really bizarre example!
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I’d argue that song nails irony.
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Except for the spoons and knife one, everything she says is just bad luck/ sod’s law.
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‘Who’ is a subject and ‘whom’ is an object.
As in, “to whom” or “from whom”.
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Didn’t she come out with a different version with actual ironic lyrics? Or am I thinking of something else…