You’ve been out of the classroom for how long?
Your English teacher’s name was … ?
Why am I asking? I’m starting to think about New Year’s resolutions. (I know, I know, it’s still early December.)
If self-improvement is on your 2019 radar, and if fine-tuning your writing and speaking skills is among your targets, make brushing up on basic grammar your first step.
My definition of grammar: the words we choose, how we string them together, and how we punctuate them to make sense. Continue
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As the United States has struggled with catastrophic hurricanes, wildfires and mass shootings, I’ve heard people stumble over the use and pronunciation of incident and incidents, and of incidence (a valid word) and incidences (not a valid word in plural form).
If you send holiday greetings, or if you ever sign a gift card on behalf of your whole family, here’s a tip about writing a family name.
I have a thing about redundancies.
If you are puzzled by recent news reports and their use of pleaded or pled, these sources can help you decide which is right — or maybe I should say which is preferred.
A blog subscriber wrote to ask about whether, wondering if there is a difference between whether and whether or not.
Knowing how I follow developments in the grammar universe, a colleague sent me a recent article from 
What is grammar? It encompasses the words you choose, how you string them together, and how you punctuate them to give them meaning.
Is there a grammar rule that applies to as long as and so long as?
