Grammar

[lostshoe]

Do any of you know of interesting/childish and interactive game sites specific to grammar/writing and not spelling? I am a rather darn good speller if I do say so myself. My problem is the grammar part because I do not understand it (i moved a lot as a child and always made it to where we were done with grammar-y type subjects and was always yelled at about HOW I SHOULD ALREADY KNOW THAT).

I am looking around for something like the khanacademy site that is for writing and spelling (yerrr I know I just said no spelling) but yeah. Or, I find some three letter spelling games. And, well, I know how to spell ant already.

Oh, I also had found a site that teaches you how to count back change. I do not know how to do this either I struggle with numbers and "seeing" the order of the change backwards it's really hard. I don't know if it's apart of being dyslexic. I was never really "taught" out of this, I just had to wing it most of my life..cos' of the YOU SHOULD ALREADY KNOW THIS type teachers..ergggh.  I wish I was sarcastic at elementary age as I would tell them WHY THE FUCK WOULD I KNOW WHEN I WAS JUST TOLD THIS. I mean, why did they seriously think I could just wing my way out of this problem? I mean I did, I also had to walk myself through stuttering growing up I have managed and I realized..after...researching it for a class.... that I do hide by talking in smaller words/simplistically. So now I am trying to change how I behave and am starting to be OK with my stuttering and letting it slip out because I need to practice around the problem more. 

I am avoiding homework if you can't tell.

Comments

[sugar_cookie]

I wish I could help, but I've never looked for that sort of thing. I have asked a couple times in my journal if people would help me with my punctuation, but the people that replied just said I was fine even though I think I make mistakes and don't realize it. :/

I would like to learn when to use those elongated dashes mid-sentence and when it's appropriate to use semi-colons at some point. hehe. :) Not terribly sure about my comma usage either. :/

Are you dyslexic? I am 97% sure I have it or some form of it or it's part of being schizo. It's apparent to me, anyway, especially if I actually write something by hand. :S (It may not be apparent on this site because I check everything over I write [more than once] and firefox has a spellcheck built in)

I hate working registers and don't think I could do it again. No matter how hard I try, I can't end up even after a shift. Y_Y

[lostshoe]

Yes && most of the areas I grew up in didn't have many resources to help with sort of thing. And, the area that would would be ....well, they should have already helped you. So you're just being silly or some shit of that sort. I hate it.

I don't know sometimes when I am going through mania or something similar I usually get insane with how I write. It's fucking annoying. Thankfully I haven't really cycled that far into mania to have to go thru it.

[solitarywalker]

When i was in HS i was a grocery store cashier. However diligent i was, my count never came out even. But neither did anyone else's. It was completely normal and expected to be a bit off (in either direction) at the end of a shift.

[sugar_cookie]

The convenient store cashier job had a policy of it being ok if you were a certain amount over or under, but it wasn't much.

When I worked the counter at the post office years ago, they only went over your drawer (which is kept in a safe and ONLY yours forever) every six months (i rhink.) The first time I was over $200 short and had to pay it back. :( I think I quit before my second drawer count happened.