Tag Archives: Grammar

A news story carried a headline about a downed plane describing it as "totally destroyed," a redundancy to be on...

A Facebook study reveals the internet abbreviation LOL is dying, being replaced for a much older, much more familiar alternative.

The question of suppose or supposed may seem like a simple one, but the answer, for many seems to be...

The word Touché is commonly used as a response to a good point. Here's why we use the word and...

When you hear words like few and several, what comes to mind? Let's get specific for a moment about a...

The semicolon tattoo is giving new respect for one of punctuation's most ignored and misunderstood mark. I'm not a fan...

A missing comma in a local ordinance helped a woman beat a parking ticket in Ohio. What a difference a...

When we hear a speaker say something we like or approve, is the classic response Hear, Hear or Here, Here?...

Should it be famous or infamous? For some writers, the words mean the same thing and can be interchanged at...

I don't suppose anyone can be surprised by the odd way we've chosen to abbreviate the word 'probably,' especially considering...

Long before Caitlyn Jenner's debut on the cover of Vanity Fair, we were already in the midst of a growing...

A look at some of the most talked-about new words in the dictionary reminds us all that we're in the...

Is that contraption to haul things a wheelbarrel or wheelbarrow? Spellcheck barely lets me type one of them. I was...

When trying to decide whether to choose assume or presume, what's important is how these very similar words differ. The...

The Watergate Scandal started it all. Maybe Deflategate is where we can end the practice of adding '-gate' to every...

The choice between dragged or drug is a controversial one as grammar debates go because the answer doesn't necessarily fit...