All Is Well When All Are Accounted For
The word all, as a subject, may take either a singular or plural verb. It depends on the context. Just…
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Double Your Adverbs, Double the Trouble
Just as there are uncomparable adjectives (such as perfect or infinite) that cannot take a modifier, there are adverbs that…
Is Anything Absolutely Impossible?
Many adjectives describe “absolute” states—meaning they cannot (or should not) take modifiers like most, more, less, least, very, quite, or…
Semimonthly Madness
Do you ever stop and scratch your head when you have to choose between a term like semimonthly and bimonthly?…
Let’s Get Social in Our Terms
Social media words have made their way into nearly every aspect of our lives. Its terminology is now part of our…
Should I Take It or Bring It?
I remember the first time someone called me out for using bring (or was it take?) when I should have…
Any Way You Splice It
You might know it as a run-on sentence, a fused sentence, or a comma splice. When two independent clauses—sentences that…
Let’s Not Eat Grandma
Commas seem to be the bane of many writers, and I’ve written numerous posts on their usage. I’ve even seen…
The Danger of Starting Sentences with Participial Phrases
What’s so dangerous about . . . whatever those things are? What is a participle? It’s a verb or a noun that…
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