My English Teacher Soul

This morning on the way to minyan, I sent this text message to Ian:

Hope you are keeping warm. xoxo.

When I checked on the way home, he'd responded with this:

Thanks hope u do to

Unable to help myself, I sent this reply:

Thanks.  It's "too" when it means also. :)  I'm a stickler for spelling, even in text messages!

Had I not been on a bus, where the bumps make texting a challenge, I would have added this:

It's "you" when referring to a person and not a letter of the alphabet.

As the bus pulled up to my stop, I realized that even though I don't believe in reincarnation, I do believe I must have been an English teacher in a previous life!

Persnickety About Punctuation

Last night, I sent this text to my nephew Ian on the phone he got as a gift in June, when he graduated from elementary school:

He responded with this:

I hope they teach punctuation in middle school.