Stay Inside the Quote Marks
Unless you are writing British (UK) style, always put commas and periods within the quotation marks in speech. I’m not…
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It’s Not Rocket Science!
After coming across the non-word its’ (with an apostrophe) for the nth time, I decided I needed to make a statement…
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The Danger of Misuse Is Imminent
I give extra Brownie points to writers who can keep these three words straight: imminent, eminent, and immanent. Maybe you…
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More Cool Collocations
Last week I began what looked like the beginning of a long list of collocations. but I promise you, I…
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Pass the Collocations
Collocations. Isn’t that a neat word? It refers to regular pairings of words, and boy, there are many I use incorrectly and have…
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Such Is the Way of Pronouns
I discussed last week how we tend to default to “their” when following singular pronouns, which is bad, bad, bad….
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Each Writer Should Correct Their Own Grammar
Dreading to deal with the ubiquitous “their,” let’s just get it over with. It’s become so common for us to…
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Chopping Off Words To Make Them Taste Good
I’m fascinated with the fluidity of language and how every day it seems words come and go around us. Think…
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How Much Further?
The adverbs farther and further are often a problem for many writers. It helps me to think of farther as…
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