Browsing: Grammar
I’ve been interviewing authors for the podcast lately, and one question we always ask is what words give them…
In 2017, I asked people on Twitter what it’s called when a family has words only they understand, and some…
The Super Bowl is right around the corner. So with that in mind, today we’re going to talk about “punting.”…
Today, we turn to run-on sentences. I bet a lot of you think that run-on sentences are just really long…
I like myriad 10,000 Maniacs songs—”These Are Days,” “Candy Everybody Wants,” “Few and Far Between,” and probably more that I…
Today we’re talking about the asterisk: how you use it and how it differs from other footnote symbols. What Is…
A listener named Manasi says she has been avoiding the words “purposely” and “purposefully” because she isn’t sure of the…
Today’s topic is how to use colons. One of my favorite old grammar books, titled “Punctuate It Right,” has a wonderful name…
What part of “no” don’t you understand? Some of you may remember a song with this title released by Lorrie…
Have you ever wondered what’s up with the weird word “methinks”? Why does it use an object for a…