Indeterminate Personal Pronoun Usage
Personal pronouns are so useful; we scatter them through our sentences without a second thought. …
Writing Style
Just like with fashion, there’s good style and, well, tragic style when it comes to writing. To make sure you’re in the former camp, follow these style and usage rules.
Split Infinitives
Any Star Trek fan will instantly recognize the phrase “to boldly go where no one …
Demonstratives
Writers like to assume that readers can read minds. Would you know what I mean …
Discourse Markers
So, have you ever wondered whether it’s allowable to start a sentence with a meaningless …
Among / Amongst and While / Whilst
We are firmly in the thorny territory of the separation of American English from British …
Orient, Orientate, and Oriental
One of these is not like the others! And since language is a living thing, …
Number Agreement
We can all agree that I am, you are, and they are all aware of …
Active Voice vs. Passive Voice
The battle for self-expression in American culture is caught between two competing ideologies: to be …
Better Than He / Him
English grammar can be at its worst when certain key words are left out. We …
Parallel Structure
People love making lists, particularly when those lists involve either things to do or things …