Archives for October, 2016
- 3 More Cases of Unnecessary Punctuation
- The Protruding and Dominant Meanings of “Boss”
- Another 3 Cases of Misplaced Modifiers
- Style Quiz #4: Latinate Abbreviations
- Punctuation with Attribution
- The Difference Between Restrictive and Nonrestrictive Clauses
- Tactile, Tangible, and Tractable
- Points About Bullet (and Other) Lists
- Style Quiz #3: Academic Subjects, Courses, and Lectures
- 3 Common Mistakes When Presenting Quotations
- 20 Slang Terms for Law Enforcement Personnel
- 5 Assorted Usage Errors
- 3 Questions About Hyphenation with Adverbs
- Oft, Often, and Oftentimes
- 3 More Cases of Misplaced Modifiers
- Punctuation Quiz #6: Partial Quotations
- 5 Types of Errors in Parallel Construction of Sentences
- 5 Sentences Rendered More Concise
- 3 Cases of Dangling Participles
- The Weighty Relationship Between “Ponder” and “Pound”
- 3 Sentence Stumbles
- Punctuation Quiz #5: Colons
- Answers to Questions About Restrictive and Nonrestrictive Constructions
- 3 Sentences with Disguised Subordinate Clauses
- What’s the Relationship Between “Ship” and “-ship”?
- “Species” and Its Descendants