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It's E-Book Week, Grammar Day, and Name Week all in one!

 

By Stacey Anter

The Library Detective

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One of my favorite shows on television was Frasier, starring Kelsey Grammer as the lovably pompous radio psychiatrist, Dr. Frasier Crane. Kelsey Grammer portrays pomposity extremely well; so well that he brought that characteristic into his Simpsons character of Sideshow Bob, who, in an effort to replace Crusty the Clown, once asked the children’s audience, “Whom do you love?” (as opposed to Crusty’s famous “Who do you love?”)  By the way, I checked with Grammar Girl, and she gives the perfect example to help figure out which is best: ‘I love you’ can help you remember when to use “whom.” ‘You’ are the object of my affection and also the object of the sentence. Grammar Girl says, “So remember, you use ‘whom’ when you are referring to the object of a sentence. Use ‘who’ when you are referring to the subject of a sentence.” So, Sideshow Bob’s “whom” is grammatically correct. I’ll let Grammar Girl explain it here in more detail if you’re curious: http://www.quickanddirtytips.com/education/grammar/who-versus-whom?page=all

Now, you may be wondering why I am blathering on about English Grammar; Tuesday is National Grammar Day! It’s a day to appreciate proper English Grammar.  As the National Grammar Day website (http://www.nationalgrammarday.com/ ) says, “March forth on March 4th to speak well, write well, and help others do the same.” Founded in 2008 by Martha Brockenbrough, founder of the Society for the Promotion of Good Grammar, National Grammar Day is hosted by Grammar Girl herself, Mignon Fogarty.

 

Among other things, this week also brings some name-related celebrations.  Celebrate Your Name Week is from March 2-8, according to http://www.namesuniverse.com/ . Our names identify us specifically, especially when our mothers would call us by our full name, usually after we’ve done something wrong.  Within this celebratory week, we also have Namesake Day on March 2nd, Unique Names Day on March 4th, Discover What Your Name Means Day on March 5th, Nametag Day on March 6th, Middle Name Pride Day on March 7th, and Descendant’s Day on March 8th. 

 

Naturally, since I’m a librarian, I would be remiss if I neglected to mention that this week is also Read an E-book Week. There are so many e-books available on our E-Zone, which is run by Overdrive. Whether you have a Kindle, a Nook, an iPad, or a laptop computer, you can read an e-book. You can get to the E-Zone by going to our library homepage, http://www.coventrylibrary.org/ and clicking on the Library Catalog. Then you can choose an e-book and download it to your device and read it. If a title is unavailable, you can put it on hold and when it becomes available, you will get an email notifying you of its availability. For more information, come visit the Coventry Library for a cheat sheet, or to ask questions.  

 

Finally, a little note to help us all think Spring. On Sunday March 9th, we’ll be turning ahead our clocks (“Spring Ahead, Fall Back”), so to help us think of Spring and warm weather, come see Master Gardener Gail Tantangelo present a workshop on “Growing Cold Weather Crops” on March 6th at 7pm in the Town Council Chambers. Gardening will help usher in Spring, and if you’re like me, you’re sick of the snow.  And don’t forget, ‘Spring Ahead’ on Sunday!

 

I call myself the Library Detective because I can find the answers to any question you can think of, or at least I can point you in the right direction.  To find out more about English Grammar, names, or e-books, visit your local library; there are more Library Detectives there, too. 

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