Browsing: Grammar
When adults are ambushed with the concept of grammar, for example, when they meet someone who goes by the name…
“Backward” and “backwards” can both be adjectives and adverbs, so you can say, “Squiggly jumped backward when Aardvark shouted, ‘Boo!’”—that’s…
When you’re writing a title, you’re confronted with a shocking number of formatting options. How you decide to handle capitalization…
From our automatic “thank you” as we grab our caramel latte at Starbucks to the genuine “thank you” when a…
Last week, I mentioned the concept of flat adverbs when we were talking about the word “funnest,” so today, we’ll…
Researching the word “funnest” and its close relation “funner” turned out to be a lot less fun than I had…
Today’s topic is the difference between abbreviations, acronyms, and initialisms. Abbreviations and acronyms Any shortened form of a word is…
Here’s a listener: Hi, Grammar Girl. This is Patti from Houston… Patti and her friends are debating about the serial…
This is shaping up to be a nasty flu season, which prompted a listener named Marc to bring up a…
Dave J. asked, “What’s the appropriate phrase—’beckon call’ or ‘beck and call’?” The correct phrase is “beck and call.” If you…