Archives for December, 2016
- The Word of the Year for 2016
- 3 Errors in Using Parentheses
- Punctuation Quiz #9: Ellipsis
- 25 Words Coined by Nineteenth-Century Authors
- Intrusive Misuse of Colons
- Does the Bogeyman Boogie?
- The Many Cognates of “Cede”
- The Connotations of 30 Synonyms for “Cheat” and “Fool”
- Grammar Quiz #3: Weak-Period Semicolons
- 5 Cases of Insufficient Punctuation
- 25 Words Coined by Twentieth-Century Authors
- The Dash Family’s Roles
- Words Derived from “Pend”
- Retaining the Connotation of “Retinue”
- Punctuation Quiz #8: Strong-Comma Semicolons
- Abbreviations in Science and Technology
- 5 Cases of a Missing Hyphen
- Achieving Parallel Structure in Sentences with Parenthesis
- Literal Meanings and Pedantic Precision
- Quotations with Colons
- Style Quiz #8: Not Only… But Also
- Geographical Abbreviation
- Abbreviation with Names and of Titles
- More Answers to Questions About Apostrophes
- The Many Meanings of Quarter
- Emigrants vs. Immigrants vs. Migrants
- Style Quiz #7: Basic Number Rules