grammar, n.Trivia

There are three types of dashes. A hyphen (-) connects compound works, like Anglo-Saxon. The En-Dash (–) is used when showing a type of distance or range, like Mon–Fri. The Em-Dash (—) is used to add a thought into a sentence.

A certain demon in Catholic lore collects all the mispronounced words said by priests and puts them in a sack. That sack is later carried by the offending priests in hell.

Among NFL fanbases, Washington Redskins fans have the worst grammar, punctuation, and spelling. Lions fans have the best. (according to a study from the Wall Street Journal)

An "unpaired word" is a word that, according to the usual rules of the language, would appear to have a related word, but does not. Examples include disgruntled, nonchalant, and ruthless.

adjectives, in the English language, are meant to be in this order: opinion-size-age-shape-colour-origin-material-purpose Noun. "A lovely little old rectangular green French silver whittling knife."

‘Nigerian Prince’ scam e-mails are intentionally filled with grammatical errors and typos to filter out all but the most gullible recipients.

Correcting other people’s grammar incessantly is a documented form of OCD -- Grammar Pedantry Syndrome

Adjectives actually have a proper order: they should appear by amount, value, size, temperature, age, shape, color, origin, and material.