Browsing: Grammar
Chandra asked, “Is it ‘each other’ or ‘eachother’? I never know whether it’s one word or two.” In standard English,…
When I was researching the regionalism “needs washed,” Bill Bevington recommended that I look into “spendy,” which means “expensive” or…
Last week during the football game between LSU and Mississippi State, we kept hearing an ESPN announcer say the team…
“You” or “Your” with Gerunds Dottie asked which sentence is correct: We appreciate you contacting the office. We appreciate your…
Sometimes You Need a Comma With Participial Phrases, and Sometimes You Don’t Today, we’re revisiting the concept of restrictive versus…
So many of you asked whether a historic should have been an historic that I thought I’d better answer the…
Cindy C. asked, “Which is correct.: much thanks or many thanks? I hear much thanks but it just doesn’t sound…
You probably know what it means to write in the first person, but you may not be as confident about…
Elizabeth L. asked, “What is the plural of ‘cul-de-sac’?” “Cul-de-sac” comes from French that literally means “bottom of the bag”…
In a recent episode, you learned that adverbs do not always end in “-ly,” so perhaps you now think differently…