Grammar & Usage

8 Grammar Terms You Used to Know, But Forgot

If someone has to grammar-splain to you, it may as well be your dictionary

A List of Most Commonly Confused Words

Your one-stop clarification shop

Merriam-Webster’s Great Big List of Words You Love to Hate

All your favorite pet peeves

Popular

A Who’s Who Regarding ‘Who’s’ and ‘Whose’

Well, who's asking?

'A' or 'an'? What about before 'h'? An Indefinite Article Guide

'A historic' night or 'An historic' night?

Why is '-ed' sometimes pronounced at the end of a word?

A learned explanation that is not wicked hard

What's the difference between 'fascism' and 'socialism'?

In which we definitively answer a thoroughly uncontentious question

Commonly Misspelled Words

Spelling is hard

7 Pairs of Commonly Confused Words

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

How to Use Em Dashes (—), En Dashes (–) , and Hyphens (-)

Be dashing—and do it well

'Lose' or 'loose'?

Keep this somewhere you won't forget it

Commonly Confused

Commonly Confused

'Canceled' or 'cancelled'?

One L or two?

Usage Notes

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A Comprehensive Guide to Forming Compounds

Everything you need to know

'Broadcast' or 'Broadcasted'?

Conjugating an irregular verb

Can ‘criteria’ ever be singular?

It depends on what you base your decision.

Plural and Possessive Names: A Guide

A guide to plural and possessive names

What does 'etcetera' mean?
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Spelling & Pronunciation

Spelling & Pronunciation

The Many Plurals of 'Octopus'

But which is correct?

Punctuation

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To Use or Not Use the "?" in Requests

"Would you read this, please."

All About Ellipses ...

How to use them … and talk about them

The History of 'Ampersand'

How the '&' got its name

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

Adventurous writers pull them off regularly

Why do we use apostrophes to show possession?

The shifting role of the apostrophe
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