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Should you put a comma before Jr. or not? You see it both ways. Using a comma is an older…
Can you believe it’s already 2023? I feel like I hadn’t even gotten used to calling it 2022 yet. But…
Even award-winning authors have grammar preferences and peeves. When reading a great book by a great author, do you —…
When adults are ambushed with the concept of grammar, for example, when they meet someone who goes by the name…
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…
Today’s topic is how to use the word however in a sentence. It’s probably more complicated than you think it…
When you use a string of adjectives, you often separate the adjectives with commas, as in “He is tall, dark,…
Today’s topic is whether — not rain or snow, but whether w-h-e-t-h-e-r, as in whether you like it or not,…