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back to homepage ~~Index of NEW Articles~~ (Since 13 April 2001) ~~ANOTHER Article Index (Arranged by Topic)~~ Why Does She Keep Saying "Grammar and Usage"? Who Am I to Tell You How to Write Correctly? It Is Usually Not Wrong to End a Sentence with a Preposition Prepositions: Further Explanation of Why the 'Rule' Is Wrong You Feel BAD--You Don't Feel BADLY, Unless Your Hands Are Damaged Introductory Adverbial Elements (I): What Is an Introductory Adverbial Element? Introductory Adverbial Elements II.a.: Words Introductory Adverbial Elements: II.b. Phrases Learn the Difference Between AFFECT and EFFECT It's Never "Could Of"! Colons, and Semicolons, and Bears! Is It Wrong to Split an Infinitive? Are Those Dots Just for Decoration? It's My Participle, and I'll Dangle it if I Want To! There's a Problem with "There's"--Actually, There ARE Two American vs. British Usage What Words Do I Capitalize in a Title? What Is a Comma Splice, and How Do I Fix It? When Is a Comma Splice NOT an Error? Learn the Difference Between "Imply" and "Infer" The Proper Use of "Lie" and "Lay" Who, Which, That The Case for Pronouns Grammarians Are SUCH a Hoot! Why Bother with Spelling and Grammar Rules? Single vs. Double Quotation Marks: Once Again British and American Usage Differ On Capitalizing "Mom" and "Dad" and "Great-Aunt Betty" Into/In To; Onto/On To Which Titles Are Italicized and Which Are Enclosed in Quotation Marks? Ten Common but Easily Corrected Errors Son of Ten Common Errors Problematic Word Pairs: Part I Problematic Word Pairs: Part II Problematic Word Pairs: Part III Quotation Marks: A General Explanation of How They Are Used Commas with Coordinate Modifiers Correcting Mechanical Errors in Your Writing Is There an Easy Way to Correct My Own Mechanical Errors? Hyphenation: Part I (Hyphenated Compounds) Hyphenation: Part II (Prefixes) Hyphenation: Part III (Suspensive Hyphens) More on The Suspensive Hyphen (guest article by Thomas J. Scott) Another Pair of Problematic Word Pairs A Historical Reference? AN Historical Reference? The Loyal Apposition Commas with Introductory Adverbial Elements II.c: Adverb Clauses Control Your "Self": The Proper Use of Reflexive and Intensive Pronouns All Right! All Right! I'll Write About Why It's "Alwrong"! How to Correct a Fused Sentence Commas with Compound Sentences Quotation Marks: Where Do the Periods and Commas Go--And Why? Faulty Parallelism with Coordinate Elements: Short, Simple Version Prefer Simple Tenses over Progressive Tenses A Hyphen Is NOT a Dash It Is NOT "All of THE Sudden" Nonfinite Verb Forms (Verbals) If You Can't Decide Whether to Choose "Whether" or "If"--Read This Article Active vs. Passive Voice (This link will take you to my "Essay, I Say" website.) Mrs. Malaprop Lives Don't Use "Him" or "Her" as the Subject of a Clause Commas with Contrasted Coordinate Elements Learn the Difference Between "Than" and "Then" What Is an Interjection, and How Do I Punctuate It? Compound (Coordinate) Sentence Elements Usually Are NOT Separated by a Comma Shibboleth Alert: Use "Like" Only as a Preposition, NOT as a Conjunction Using "A" or "An" with Acronyms Hardly Anything You Will Ever Need to Speak or Write about Is Measured  in Tons THE Number IS; A Number ARE "TOE the Line," NOT "TOW the Line" What Does "Begging the Question" Really Mean? Suffrage GOOD; Suffering BAD Possessives Precede Gerunds Learn the Difference between "Populace" and "Populous" More on When to Use "Who" and "Whom" Get the Lead Out! Punctuating Words Used as Words, or Words Used in a Special Way Using Commas with Direct Address "Empirical" vs. "Imperial": A Pair of Words That Really Should NOT Be Confused Don't Confuse "Utmost" with "Upmost" Learn the Difference between "Ascribe" and "Subscribe" You've Got Another THINK Coming! Don't Use "So" as a Vague Intensifier The Last Verb in a Verb Phrase Must Be a Participle Don't Use the Past Participle as the Predicate of a Clause Avoid "Anyways" Comma Usage: Restrictive vs. Nonrestrictive Relative Clauses Parenthetical Elements: Use a COMPLETE SET of Commas or Dashes to Enclose an Interrupter Another Confusing Word Pair: You DEFUSE a Situation--You Don't DIFFUSE It "They Spoke English Better than He": Pronoun Case with Elliptical Clauses of Comparison Please, DON'T Spell "Disdain" as "Distain"! Subjunctive Mood Subject-Verb Agreement with Intervening Nouns Yet Another Article about When to Use "Who" and "Whom" A Response to Readers Who Still Insist That Prepositions Must Never Be Used at the Ends of Sentences Using Commas with Dates Using Commas with Geographical (Place) Names

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back to homepage ~~Index of NEW Articles~~ (Since 13 April 2001) ~~ANOTHER Article Index (Arranged by Topic)~~ Why Does She Keep Saying "Grammar and Usage"? Who Am I to Tell You How to Write Correctly? It Is Usually Not Wrong to End a Sentence with a Preposition Prepositions: Further Explanation of Why the 'Rule' Is Wrong You Feel BAD--You Don't Feel BADLY, Unless Your Hands Are Damaged Introductory Adverbial Elements (I): What Is an Introductory Adverbial Element? Introductory Adverbial Elements II.a.: Words Introductory Adverbial Elements: II.b. Phrases Learn the Difference Between AFFECT and EFFECT It's Never "Could Of"! Colons, and Semicolons, and Bears! Is It Wrong to Split an Infinitive? Are Those Dots Just for Decoration? It's My Participle, and I'll Dangle it if I Want To! There's a Problem with "There's"--Actually, There ARE Two American vs. British Usage What Words Do I Capitalize in a Title? What Is a Comma Splice, and How Do I Fix It? When Is a Comma Splice NOT an Error? Learn the Difference Between "Imply" and "Infer" The Proper Use of "Lie" and "Lay" Who, Which, That The Case for Pronouns Grammarians Are SUCH a Hoot! Why Bother with Spelling and Grammar Rules? Single vs. Double Quotation Marks: Once Again British and American Usage Differ On Capitalizing "Mom" and "Dad" and "Great-Aunt Betty" Into/In To; Onto/On To Which Titles Are Italicized and Which Are Enclosed in Quotation Marks? Ten Common but Easily Corrected Errors Son of Ten Common Errors Problematic Word Pairs: Part I Problematic Word Pairs: Part II Problematic Word Pairs: Part III Quotation Marks: A General Explanation of How They Are Used Commas with Coordinate Modifiers Correcting Mechanical Errors in Your Writing Is There an Easy Way to Correct My Own Mechanical Errors? Hyphenation: Part I (Hyphenated Compounds) Hyphenation: Part II (Prefixes) Hyphenation: Part III (Suspensive Hyphens) More on The Suspensive Hyphen (guest article by Thomas J. Scott) Another Pair of Problematic Word Pairs A Historical Reference? AN Historical Reference? The Loyal Apposition Commas with Introductory Adverbial Elements II.c: Adverb Clauses Control Your "Self": The Proper Use of Reflexive and Intensive Pronouns All Right! All Right! I'll Write About Why It's "Alwrong"! How to Correct a Fused Sentence Commas with Compound Sentences Quotation Marks: Where Do the Periods and Commas Go--And Why? Faulty Parallelism with Coordinate Elements: Short, Simple Version Prefer Simple Tenses over Progressive Tenses A Hyphen Is NOT a Dash It Is NOT "All of THE Sudden" Nonfinite Verb Forms (Verbals) If You Can't Decide Whether to Choose "Whether" or "If"--Read This Article Active vs. Passive Voice (This link will take you to my "Essay, I Say" website.) Mrs. Malaprop Lives Don't Use "Him" or "Her" as the Subject of a Clause Commas with Contrasted Coordinate Elements Learn the Difference Between "Than" and "Then" What Is an Interjection, and How Do I Punctuate It? Compound (Coordinate) Sentence Elements Usually Are NOT Separated by a Comma Shibboleth Alert: Use "Like" Only as a Preposition, NOT as a Conjunction Using "A" or "An" with Acronyms Hardly Anything You Will Ever Need to Speak or Write about Is Measured  in Tons THE Number IS; A Number ARE "TOE the Line," NOT "TOW the Line" What Does "Begging the Question" Really Mean? Suffrage GOOD; Suffering BAD Possessives Precede Gerunds Learn the Difference between "Populace" and "Populous" More on When to Use "Who" and "Whom" Get the Lead Out! Punctuating Words Used as Words, or Words Used in a Special Way Using Commas with Direct Address "Empirical" vs. "Imperial": A Pair of Words That Really Should NOT Be Confused Don't Confuse "Utmost" with "Upmost" Learn the Difference between "Ascribe" and "Subscribe" You've Got Another THINK Coming! Don't Use "So" as a Vague Intensifier The Last Verb in a Verb Phrase Must Be a Participle Don't Use the Past Participle as the Predicate of a Clause Avoid "Anyways" Comma Usage: Restrictive vs. Nonrestrictive Relative Clauses Parenthetical Elements: Use a COMPLETE SET of Commas or Dashes to Enclose an Interrupter Another Confusing Word Pair: You DEFUSE a Situation--You Don't DIFFUSE It "They Spoke English Better than He": Pronoun Case with Elliptical Clauses of Comparison Please, DON'T Spell "Disdain" as "Distain"! Subjunctive Mood Subject-Verb Agreement with Intervening Nouns Yet Another Article about When to Use "Who" and "Whom" A Response to Readers Who Still Insist That Prepositions Must Never Be Used at the Ends of Sentences Using Commas with Dates Using Commas with Geographical (Place) Names

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