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Last week, when I was writing about whether you should use italics or quotation marks for internal dialogue, I was…
Apostrophes are one of the more confounding punctuation marks. If you search for signs with “grammar errors” online, most of…
When someone has eaten something very fast have they “wolfed” or “woofed” it down? @GrammarGirl — Daniel Coe…
This chart from Grammar Girl Presents the Ultimate Writing Guide for Students gives examples of the 15 most common ways…
The English spelling system is famous for not making sense. The phonetic ideal of having each letter represent exactly one…
Two readers recently asked whether they need to repeat a number in parentheses after they write out the word.…
It’s hard to say when last names were first used, but it’s easy to group many last names into certain…
One of our readers, Kris G., wrote that she loved our episode on German chocolate cake and how it isn’t…
Two of my friends (Trent Armstrong, the former Modern Manners Guy, and Hyatt Bass, author of the novel The Embers) asked about…
Today’s topic is Yoda’s grammar. Yes, Yoda from Star Wars. Why would I talk about Yoda? Well, a couple of weeks…