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Five Grammar Myths Exploded
Five Grammar Myths Exploded I love language, and I’m a stickler for grammar and punctuation. I don’t always know the names of the rules, or how to diagram a sentence, but I know what’s right, and...
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Five Punctuation Errors Exploded
Five Punctuation Errors Exploded We had such great success with our Five Grammar Myths Exploded post, and I’m such an attention whore, that I wanted to follow up with Five Punctuation Errors Exploded....
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Why You Should Put One Space After a Period, not Two
Why You Should Put One Space After a Period, not Two This post was originally published on March 5, 2009 at DeckersMarketing.com, which has been retired. I raised a bit of a Twitter ruckus this...
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Did Merle Haggard Marry Two Men? Another Reason to Use the Oxford Comma
Did Merle Haggard Marry Two Men? Another Reason to Use the Oxford Comma Did Merle Haggard marry Kris Kristoferson and Robert Duvall? Of course not! Don’t be stupid! But you might not know it if you...
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Five Writing Rules You’re Allowed to Break
Five Writing Rules You’re Allowed to Break Chances are, you’re repeating some grammar and writing rules as gospel, not knowing they’re completely wrong. Or that they changed. Or that they were never...
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Four Language Errors That Make You Sound Pretentious
Four Language Errors That Make You Sound Pretentious There are some grammar errors people insist on perpetuating (not you, you’re awesome!). Some are just common errors that we all make. But others are...
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Using The Irony Mark or Sarcasm Mark
Using The Irony Mark or Sarcasm Mark The discussion and desire for an irony/sarcasm mark is one that has been making the Twitter rounds lately, and I may have accidentally stumbled upon the answer. It...
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Grammar Bullies, Write or Shut Up
Grammar Bullies, Write or Shut Up I saw a video based on an essay by Stephen Fry about how he loathes language pedants (that’s fancy British talk for Grammar Bullies), and it’s got me rethinking how I...
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Watch Out for Muphry’s Law
Watch Out for Muphry’s LawYes, Muphry’s. M-U-P-H-R-Y. You thought I misspelled Murphy, and you were going to rush in here and catch me, didn’t you? “A-ha, Mr. Grammar Pants! I caught you.” Except you...
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Eight Simple Rules for Using Apostrophes
Eight Simple Rules for Using Apostrophes I hold two punctuation marks near and dear to my heart. So dear that I want to get a tattoo of them (if my wife would ever let me get one). They’re the comma...
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