Article Response #3

I think these articles were fairly helpful. There were a few rules I can never wrap my head around. For example, the verb ones always trip me up. "I'm tired, so I need to go lay lie down." In my head, I need to go lay down sounds more accurate. The difference between lay and lie is so confusing to me and I will sadly probably never understand it. The advice on the subjunctive was a new one for me. I've never even heard the word before let alone know it was an issue in writing. "I wish I was were an Oscar Mayer wiener."  I say phrases like this all the time. Not that I want to be an Oscar Mayer wiener, but you know what I mean. I never knew you had to use were instead of was! The second article was eyeopening in a sense. Half those rules I had been told to follow since grade school. And all this time, it was for nothing. The one I was most angry about was number four. "4. Don't start a sentence with a conjunction." I have been deathly afraid to use but or and as a sentence started. When according to this guy, "there is absolutely nothing wrong with starting a sentence with And or But." This would had been much helpful to know years ago. Also the last thing he said struck me. He stated that it is okay to use "I could care less to mean "I couldn't care less"". Since when is this allowed? I always thought if you said I could care less, it wasn't as powerful as the alternative. Thank goodness I read this article. It taught me a bunch of new things for my writing.