Grammar & Usage

Usage Notes

Is 'irregardless' a real word?

LOL, the look on your face right now.

How to Use 'Who' vs. 'Whom'

What you really need to know

8 Grammar Terms You Used to Know, But Forgot

Plus yodeling

Hypercorrections: Are you making these 6 common mistakes?

When your 'correction' is incorrect

A Comprehensive Guide to Forming Compounds

Everything you need to know

Verbs, Explained: A Guide to Tenses and Types

Verbs are more complicated than they look

Can you end a sentence with a preposition?

Yes, a preposition is something you can end with.

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

Is 'data' singular or plural?

Information is power

Singular Nonbinary ‘They’: Is it ‘they are’ or ‘they is’?

Notes on a conjugation

Is singular 'they' a better choice?

The awkward case of 'his or her'

Words in Disguise: Do these seem familiar?

Some words resemble other words enough to make you think you know them. You might not.

Putting Adjectives in the Right Order

You do this without even thinking

Using Bullet Points ( • )

Is it 'graduated' or 'was graduated from'?

No, this will not be on the test

Can you use 'comprised of'?

It's been in use for centuries.

Are 'funner' and 'funnest' real words?

We got a whole mess of fun here, folks

31 Useful Rhetorical Devices

Beyond 'simile' and 'metaphor'

First, Second and Third Person Explained

First, second, and third person explained

33 Transition Words and Phrases

Words to help you jump from one idea to the next

‘Incommunicado’: We Won’t Be Silent on the Subject

When you just can't talk right now.

Is it 'damp down' or 'tamp down'?

We're not trying to be a wet blanket here.
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