Man is a time-bound being. I once had a history professor who liked to bellow that statement when his students complained about being required to know exact dates on exams. He argued that knowing the […]
Tag: Grammar
If Wishes Were Horses: Conditionals
How do we write about the What Ifs? How do we talk about conditions and consequences?
Antidisestablishmentarianism: The Perils of Nominalization
We’ve seen how changing nouns and adjectives into verbs can give us unexpected, modern and punchy writing, so what happens when we do the opposite and make nouns out of verbs and adjectives? Unfortunately, we […]
Let’s Logic this Language: Verbing
All of us have language pet peeves. Some people hate double negatives, others go bonkers when they hear someone end a sentence with a preposition, many feel slang is a sign of end times, etc. […]
It’s Not a Red Little Corvette: Adjective Order
Why does “fast red racing car” sound better than “racing red fast car”?
Writing Can Be Real(ly) Hard: Adverbs
Do you write good, or well? When you are sick, do you feel bad, or badly? What’s the difference?
Making Connections: Conjunctions
How do you connect ideas together in a sentence? Conjunctions!
What a “Great” Post: Getting Quotation Marks Right
Do you consider your use of quotation marks great, or “great”?
The Jack-of-all-Trades Guide to Hyphens and Dashes
Bringing things together and breaking things apart. Is there anything that a dash can’t do?
Let’s Take a Break: Commas
Commas do more than just show pauses in a sentence. Learn where you can (and can’t) use a comma.
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