Browsing: Grammar
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…
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,…
Scrabble lovers know that the game’s all-too-often elusive prize is the bingo—when a player uses all seven tiles at once…
Although we often capitalize a country or city name when it’s part of a food name, that’s not always the…
1. indispensable absolutely necessary; vitally necessary “You need to arrive early, stay late, you need to make yourself indispensable —…
? Wrong Word affect/effect, lay/lie, sit/set, who/whom, toward/towards, etc. ? Vague Pronoun Reference Confusing: Bob annoyed Larry, but that didn’t stop him…
Commas are a workhorse punctuation mark. They’re like the people you ride with on the subway every day, the delivery…