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A character in a book I’m reading right now uses a nasty sort of corporate speak in which he actually…
A character in a book I’m reading right now uses a nasty sort of corporate speak in which he actually…
Last September, I wrote a post in which I cited Strunk and White’s Elements of Style on omitting needless words.…
I’ve run across a lot of misuse of “amount” lately and thought I’d give a quick tip for when to…
Often we hear that a writer should keep in mind the Five Ws, questions that answer who, what when, where,…
Photo by Flickr user http://www.worththewhisk.com I believe it’s generally known that “can” is the favored verb when asking about whether…
A dangling modifier is a grammatical construction in which a modifying word or phrase is placed at too great a…
At a WordPress conference this past weekend, I learned about an online service called Wordnik that brings social interaction to online…
The native English speakers among this blog’s readers will recognize the following little nursery rhyme: Star light, star bright, The…
I’ve avoided it so far, since it’s something of a holy war, but I thought I’d stir the grammatical pot…
A reader responded to my post about irregular verbs last week to express confusion about when to use “awake” and…
I’ve written a couple of posts about tricky irregular verbs such as lead and lie/lay. Today I ran across a…
Someone recently commented on an old post about the use of “who” and “whom” to ask which of these two sentences…