Archives for June, 2016
- 5 Cases of Colliding Article Functions
- 3 Sentences with Parenthetical-Phrase Punctuation Problems
- A Short List of Synonyms for “Shorten”
- 3 Cases of Misplaced Modifiers
- Faze vs. Phase
- Critique vs. Criticism
- What Word, or Which Word, Should You Use?
- The Descent of “Hag”
- 5 Sentences Demonstrating Whether to Capitalize and Punctuate Quotations
- When to Do That Stringing-Words-Together Thing with Hyphens
- A Basis for More Concise Wording
- Fit and Fitted
- Grit and Gritty
- The Courteous Conjunction “That”
- 5 Types of Parallel-Structure Problems
- “Halfway” and Other Ways
- 3 Modifiers Left Dangling Without a Supporting Subject
- What “For-” Is For
- A New Kind of Didactic Novel
- Misuse of “Comic Relief”
- Words Containing “-rupt”
- “Medium” and Its Large and Small Relatives
- 5 Sentences Requiring Hyphenated Phrasal Adjectives
- 5 More Examples of Misplaced Modifiers
- ICYMI, in Case You Missed It
- Belie and Betray
- Trembler and Tremblor
- The Joy of Vocabulary Acquisition
- 5 Faulty “Not Only . . . But Also” Sentences
- 5 Words Often Mistakenly Used in Place of Others