Browsing: Grammar
Sometimes people run afoul of standard grammar if they use the word “borrow” when they should have used “lend” or…
My tip-a-day-book, “The Grammar Daily,” is coming out November 24, and I’m currently encouraging people to preorder it — and…
We recently published a podcast and article on our website about tight writing, and an astute listener asked a follow-up…
How old is the @ symbol? Every source I found seemed to have a different date for the origin of…
In today’s episode we’re going to answer some bizarre and puzzling questions: Can two people share a life? Can two…
Anxious “Anxious” means “worried or uneasy,” but it has often been used somewhat interchangeably with the word “eager,” to…
Trent Armstrong (our former Modern Manners Guy) sent me a picture of a sign that mixed up the words “personal”…
If you want a simple rule, the difference between “less” and “fewer” is straightforward: The traditional advice is that “fewer”…
Some of the most difficult questions I get are from non-native English speakers who want to know why we use…
Grammar Girl: What’s your favorite word and why? NH: “Perfidious.” It’s just sounds so good. I managed to use it…