Posted on June 5, 2019 at 3:00 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”...
Posted on May 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...
Posted on May 3, 2019 at 2:42 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...
Posted on April 25, 2019 at 3:00 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...
Posted on March 23, 2019 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek
You can add double negatives to the list of grammatical structures that were historically acceptable for years before language prescriptivists...
Posted on February 19, 2019 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek
One of the side benefits of mystery novels and movies is the colorful vocabulary included in them. If you’ve ever...
Posted on January 18, 2019 at 3:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek
One way to fire up grammar geeks is to ask whether “myriad” or “a myriad of” is correct. The savviest,...
Posted on December 25, 2018 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek
Don’t call us Grinches, but we’re sharing a grammar podcast on Christmas Day. The episode in question addresses some interesting...
Posted on December 23, 2018 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek
Christmas just came early for those passionate about punctuation. Grammar Girl discusses how to properly use a colon and format...
Posted on December 12, 2018 at 3:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek
If, unlike us, you didn’t have an international student friend to explain the difference between "i.e." and "e.g." to you,...
