Which type of pronoun should follow a linking verb?

Posted on 09/11/2019 at 05:40 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

In our seventh-grade English class, Mrs. Segura looked at us and asked the class, “If I called Sadye’s house and...

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A primer on punctuation

Posted on 09/01/2019 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

You can identify most punctuation marks, but can you use them properly? If not, editor Karen Conlin is ready to...

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Grammar Girl tackles apostrophes

Posted on 08/23/2019 at 11:56 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Grammar Girl lost a spelling bee, a long time ago, because she misspelled “its,” putting in an apostrophe where one...

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All of the sudden, people are using the wrong variation

Posted on 07/17/2019 at 03:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Sometimes, common usage wins out over established grammar rules. That day has not officially arrived for “all of the sudden,”...

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File this spelling tip away for writing office scenes

Posted on 07/02/2019 at 03:55 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Never mind how to pronounce certain file formats — how should you format them in text? A reader sought Grammar...

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An age-old question: When do you hyphenate?

Posted on 06/20/2019 at 04:22 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

No judgment here if you struggle to remember when to hyphenate with ages — we looked it up for a...

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Rescue your dangling participles

Posted on 06/05/2019 at 03:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Even if you don’t know what it means, chances are good you’ve heard someone toss around the phrase “dangling participle”...

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How this newer word snuck -- or sneaked -- into language

Posted on 05/11/2019 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Whether you should use “snuck” or “sneaked” depends on a few factors, according to Grammar Girl. If you’re British, the...

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Grammar Girl: "So" and "so that" aren't always the same

Posted on 05/03/2019 at 02:42 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Word nerds, rejoice: Grammar Girl is going deep into the weeds. An English teacher had sought Mignon Fogarty’s expertise on...

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How to quickly clean up your writing

Posted on 04/25/2019 at 03:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Quick and Dirty Tips hosts the Grammar Girl podcast, so it’s only fair that one post should be titled “3...

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Tagged As: Editing, Grammar Girl