Skip to main content

Erik Deckers' Laughing Stalk

Laughing Stalk is a weekly newspaper humor column about current events and personal observations. It's published in ten weekly newspapers around Indiana, and has been around since 1994.

Search This Blog

Showing posts with the label grammar

Posts

A Letter to Em-Dash and En-Dash from Hyphen

on August 15, 2025

em-dash en-dash grammar punctuation

+

Get link
Facebook
X
Pinterest
Email
Other Apps

How Did You Celebrate National Grammar Day?

on March 03, 2023

English language grammar language punctuation

+

Get link
Facebook
X
Pinterest
Email
Other Apps

Grammar Lessons To Upset Your English Teachers

on May 06, 2022

English English language grammar

+

Get link
Facebook
X
Pinterest
Email
Other Apps

Three Grammar Rules You Can Break

on March 08, 2019

English language grammar stupid rules

+

Get link
Facebook
X
Pinterest
Email
Other Apps

In Praise of the Singular They

on January 22, 2016

grammar Grammar Girl language

+

Get link
Facebook
X
Pinterest
Email
Other Apps

So, This Year's Banned Words List is Problematic

on January 01, 2016

banned words grammar language LSSU

+

Get link
Facebook
X
Pinterest
Email
Other Apps

Eschew Convoluted Phraseology

on March 20, 2015

English language grammar language talking

+

Get link
Facebook
X
Pinterest
Email
Other Apps

Whither Goest The Interrobang‽

on April 25, 2014

grammar language punctuation writing

+

Get link
Facebook
X
Pinterest
Email
Other Apps

Google Is Literally Killing Literally

on August 16, 2013

grammar language writing

+

Get link
Facebook
X
Pinterest
Email
Other Apps

Keeping Up with Language Changes

on May 17, 2013

English language grammar language writing

+

Get link
Facebook
X
Pinterest
Email
Other Apps

Karl the Curmudgeon Almost Wins the Oxford Comma

on October 26, 2012

grammar Karl London Telegraph Owen Paterson Oxford Comma punctuation

+

Get link
Facebook
X
Pinterest
Email
Other Apps

Hopefully Now Allowed By AP Stylebook

on June 01, 2012

Associated Press English language grammar Karl linguistics

+

Get link
Facebook
X
Pinterest
Email
Other Apps

Twitter is Not Ruining Language, Schools Are

on November 04, 2011

Ernest Hemingway grammar language PG Wodehouse Ralph Fiennes Shakespeare writing

+

Get link
Facebook
X
Pinterest
Email
Other Apps

What is Karl the Curmudgeon Upset About?

on March 26, 2010

grammar Karl prepositions

+

Get link
Facebook
X
Pinterest
Email
Other Apps

Karl the Curmudgeon Hates the Oxford Comma

on June 26, 2009

grammar Karl language Oxford Comma punctuation

+

Get link
Facebook
X
Pinterest
Email
Other Apps

The Problem With Apostrophes

on April 17, 2009

apostrophes grammar Karl language punctuation

+

Get link
Facebook
X
Pinterest
Email
Other Apps

Get my new novel, Whither, Utopia

Erik Deckers

Subscribe

Subscribe

* indicates required

Email Address *

First Name

Last Name

/* real people should not fill this in and expect good things - do not remove this or risk form bot signups */

Archive

2026 40

2025 52
- December 4
- November 4
- October 5
- September 4
- August 5
- July 4
- June 4
- May 5
- April 4
- March 4
- February 4
- January 5
2024 53
- December 4
- November 5
- October 5
- September 4
- August 5
- July 4
- June 4
- May 5
- April 4
- March 5
- February 4
- January 4
2023 53
- December 5
- November 4
- October 4
- September 5
- August 4
- July 4
- June 5
- May 4
- April 4
- March 5
- February 4
- January 5
2022 53
- December 5
- November 4
- October 4
- September 5
- August 4
- July 6
- June 4
- May 4
- April 5
- March 4
- February 4
- January 4
2021 56
- December 5
- November 4
- October 5
- September 4
- August 4
- July 5
- June 4
- May 4
- April 6
- March 5
- February 5
- January 5
2020 55
- December 4
- November 4
- October 6
- September 4
- August 4
- July 6
- June 4
- May 6
- April 4
- March 4
- February 4
- January 5
2019 55
- December 4
- November 4
- October 5
- September 4
- August 5
- July 4
- June 4
- May 6
- April 4
- March 5
- February 4
- January 6
2018 53
- December 4
- November 6
- October 4
- September 4
- August 5
- July 4
- June 5
- May 4
- April 4
- March 5
- February 4
- January 4
2017 54
- December 5
- November 4
- October 4
- September 5
- August 4
- July 4
- June 6
- May 5
- April 4
- March 5
- February 4
- January 4
2016 68
- December 5
- November 5
- October 4
- September 5
- August 4
- July 5
- June 4
- May 18
- April 5
- March 4
- February 4
- January 5
2015 59
- December 4
- November 4
- October 5
- September 4
- August 5
- July 6
- June 6
- May 5
- April 7
- March 4
- February 4
- January 5
2014 57
- December 4
- November 5
- October 5
- September 4
- August 5
- July 4
- June 4
- May 8
- April 5
- March 4
- February 4
- January 5
2013 73
- December 6
- November 5
- October 4
- September 6
- August 5
- July 6
- June 5
- May 18
- April 4
- March 5
- February 3
- January 6
2012 72
- December 4
- November 5
- October 6
- September 7
- August 5
- July 5
- June 10
- May 15
- April 3
- March 5
- February 4
- January 3
2011 111
- December 7
- November 5
- October 8
- September 10
- August 9
- July 8
- June 5
- May 39
- April 6
- March 4
- February 4
- January 6
2010 149
- December 8
- November 4
- October 10
- September 6
- August 9
- July 12
- June 13
- May 34
- April 9
- March 12
- February 13
- January 19
2009 403
- December 21
- November 27
- October 28
- September 30
- August 40
- July 40
- June 30
- May 63
- April 30
- March 34
- February 29
- January 31
2008 149
- December 34
- November 26
- October 19
- September 9
- August 10
- July 9
- June 8
- May 7
- April 10
- March 5
- February 5
- January 7
2007 66
- December 8
- November 17
- October 4
- September 4
- August 5
- July 4
- June 4
- May 5
- April 4
- March 3
- February 4
- January 4
2006 6
- November 1
- May 1
- March 1
- January 3
2005 11
- November 1
- October 2
- September 2
- August 2
- July 4

Show more Show less

Report Abuse

Powered by Blogger