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Today’s topic is whether it’s OK to begin a sentence with and, but, or or. The short answer is yes,…
Long Sentences My dad has a memorable poster in his bathroom: a diagram of a ridiculously long sentence by Marcel…
Today we’re going to get a bit negative by looking at the various times you can use the word “nor.”…
Nowadays, “people” is almost always the right choice when you are talking about more than one person. Some dictionaries don’t…
I always get a lot of questions about hyphens when I do my AP style webinars, and it’s not surprising…
Grammar Girl here, and today I’m going to tell you where it’s at! ‘Where It’s At’ Just kidding. I used…
THE QUICK AND DIRTY The official name is “Veterans Day,” but “Veterans’ Day” is also grammatically correct. In the United…
Today’s topic is “although” versus “while.” I often have to tell people that their pet peeves aren’t actually hard-and-fast grammar…
Many parts of the world are moving from standard time to daylight saving time (also called summer time) this…
All the little details of writing are difficult, and even published authors can struggle to get everything right. Thankfully, these…