Some of you in S4 S5 and S6 are still not quite getting it about the way we use our language and the grammar/punctuation needed to ensure that you can turn those 26 letters in our alphabet into works of glorious fiction, articles of sparkling fact and argumentative writing that wins the day.

Try the new Learning Teaching Scotland site here for simple, clear advice.

Or ask me to perform the incredible punctuation rap..if your ears and your eyes can stand it. (Think of Dad dancing combined with Granddad trying to do a rap AND wearing gold chains etc to give you an idea of the horrors THAT little song involves).