Idioms About Units of Measure
A number of idiomatic expressions refer (often hyperbolically, or with lighthearted exaggeration) to units of English measure to describe something […]
Revive a Verb for Conciseness
One simple method for making a more compact, efficient sentence is to clear the way for the primary verb to […]
A Guide to Hyphens and Dashes
This post details the purposes of various horizontally aligned typographical symbols. Hyphen Hyphens perform various functions, including the following: They […]
French and Latin Diplomatic Terms
For hundreds of years, France was a world power militarily, economically, and culturally, and thus its language became the political, […]
Idioms and Expressions That Refer to Eating
This post discusses a number of idiomatic expressions that refer literally or figuratively to consuming food and include some form […]
A Guide to In-Line Lists
This post describes how to organize in-line lists, those that occur within a sentence, as compared to vertical lists, those […]
Compounds Based on “Port”
This post lists and defines compound words in which the second element is the word port, derived from the Latin […]
A Complete Guide to Parentheses and Brackets
This post discusses the functions of parentheses and brackets, which are used to set off portions of text from the […]
Coordination of Conjunctions and Punctuation
When a conjunction is inserted into a sentence to separate two cumulative elements of the sentence, where commas, if any, […]
3 Variations of Misplaced Modifiers
When information is added to the main clause of a sentence to provide more detail, whether it is inserted directly […]
3 More Types of Hyphenation Errors with Numbers
Confusion about the relationship between hyphens and numbers, whether they appear in numeral or spelled-out form, is rampant. Each of […]
The Many Ways of “Via”
Via, the Latin word for “way,” is also the basis of many words, many of them disguised, that refer to […]