Gary m and Mary Anne Taylor

Laura,
I am not an expert on this, but some things I've done to keep it 'light' include scanning the newspapers, esp the want-ads, for mistakes. Then dh and point them out to each other. It's kind of a game cause some of them can be quite funny. I think there's some program sold which does the same thing.
Also have asked dd(now 14) to edit my writing and find mistakes-ha ha she loves this. This has been really a need when I'm in a hurry.
Sometime, take some sentences, change around the punctuation so that it changes the meaning of the sentence. Mad libs are a really fun way to play with words, although not directly about punctuation.
dd and her friends get a kick out of each other's spelling mistakes on e-mail, in a nice way. Her spelling seems to be improving because of that.
Let him see you trying to communicate clearly to someone- getting the idea across and improving your own grammar or spelling. Don't count mistakes, count improvement. If you can take a playful attitude and try to let it go if he's not interested in a particular thing, you might find your own way.
Good luck,
Mary T.


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