Grammar Rules & Usage Guide | Merriam-Webster

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Hypercorrections: Are you making these 6 common mistakes?

When your 'correction' is incorrect

7 Pairs of Commonly Confused Words

We promise you're not the only one who has trouble with these words

More Commonly Misspelled Words

Because spelling is tricky

Your vs. You're: How to Use Them Correctly

Here's your explanation, and you're welcome

Every Letter Is Silent, Sometimes: A-Z List of Examples

When each letter can be seen but not heard

More Commonly Mispronounced Words

We're here to help

A Guide to Em Dashes, En Dashes, and Hyphens

Be dashing—and do it well

Absent Letters That Are Heard Anyway

They aren't seen but they are heard

Commonly Confused

On Synecdoche and Metonymy

When you are left to your own rhetorical devices.

What's the Difference Between …

Buffalo/bison, college/university, and more

What's the difference between 'sympathy' and 'empathy'?

You don't know how it feels

Famous vs. Infamous

The prefix is not your friend

'A' and 'An' and the Patterns of Their Use

Which gets used where?

Punctuation

How to Use Word Division Dots and Syllable Hyphens

Dictionary secrets, revealed!

A Guide to Using Colons

We'll get to semicolons later.

To Use or Not Use the "?" in Requests

"Would you read this, please."

Why Do We Use Apostrophes to Show Possession?

The shifting role of the apostrophe

Comma Splices: What They Are and How to Correct Them (or not)

Adventurous writers pull them off regularly

Spelling & Pronunciation

Commonly Misspelled Words

Spelling is hard

Why does English have so many silent letters?

Inexplicable silent letters, explained

Video: Why Is There a 'C' in 'Indict'?

And who put it there, anyway?

You're (Probably) Saying It Wrong

18 words even you might be mispronouncing

10 Words You See But Don't Hear

How to pronounce 10 words with unpredictable stress and vowel sounds