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A vaccine is the fluid they inject into you or the aerosol you inhale; it's the preparation of an inactivated…
Steve M. from Springfield, Missouri, wrote, "[What are your] thoughts on the difference between using 'systemic' and 'systematic'?" Both words…
You know how the angles of a triangle always add up to 1800? Why is that? After all, 1800 is the…
My cousin Pam, who's a teacher, sent me a link to an amazing YouTube video, called the Lost Generation which…
A reader named Dennis K. asked whether you always put periods after abbreviations or whether it’s different depending on which…
A reader named JC asked when he needs a comma before the word because. He wondered about this exchange: What…
A few weeks ago, I realized that I have pretty much zero intuition about how much a gram weighs. I…
Fall officially starts Tuesday, September 22, this year in North America, but Starbucks doesn’t care; the Pumpkin Spice Latte—a hallmark of…
Michael S. asked: “It’s accepted to say, ‘to hold moneys for payment in trust.’ I presume ‘moneys’ is plural; I’ve…
In a recent episode on coordinating conjunctions, I talked about the popular mnemonic word FANBOYS to remember them: for,…