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Probably, Not Prolly!

Do you cringe when someone scratches her fingernails down a blackboard or clicks her teeth against a metal utensil?…
January 18, 2019
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Three Simple Rules for Pluralizing Names

The holiday season is approaching, and it’s time for a post about the correct way to make proper names…
November 18, 2018
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How to Write Big Money

I was recently polishing my latest manuscript. One of the subplots involves a grant payout with large sums of…
October 18, 2018
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What’s an Interjection

Last year, we explored seven of the eight parts of speech. Then I took a break to address compound…
September 18, 2018
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It’s or Its?

Almost three years ago, I wrote a post about using apostrophes. If you want to read it, go here. The…
August 18, 2018
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Empathy versus Sympathy

The words empathy and sympathy often cause confusion. I know first hand. I used empathy in another blog post…
July 18, 2018
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Compound Words (Part 3)

This post includes the remainder of compound words from U through Z. The list is intended to help during…
June 18, 2018
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Compound Words? (Part 2)

Last time, I offered a list of compound words from A to H. This post continues with the remainder…
May 18, 2018
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How Do You Write Compound Words? (Part 1)

A friend of mine edited my latest manuscript for me. She mentioned that I have a tendency toward not…
March 23, 2018
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Choose the Correct Pronoun by Hope Toler Dougherty

Please stop using pronouns wrong! Between you and I, I’m sick of people using the wrong pronoun. Wrong. Wrong. Wrong!…
February 19, 2018
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How to Address Christmas Cards the Right Way

Today, people love to communicate with texts and private Facebook messages and emails and tweets, but around Christmas people…
December 18, 2017
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What’s a Conjunction?

This time let’s focus on conjunctions. Conjunctions are words that join other words, clauses, or phrases. Grammar consists of…
November 18, 2017
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Ready for Another Serving of Prepositions?

Have you memorized the list of prepositions yet? Trust me, quickly recognizing prepositions will help you in the long…
October 18, 2017
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Prepositions?

We’re continuing with the parts of speech with a discussion about prepositions. These words never change their form. They…
September 28, 2017
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Adverbs–How Do We Know?

Adverbs are words commonly used to describe or modify a verb, and adjective, or another adverb. To test…
August 19, 2017
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Adjectives are Cool!

This month at Grammar and Grace we’re studying adjectives. Adjectives are words that tell something about a noun or…
July 18, 2017
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What are Pronouns?

A pronoun is a word that can take the place of a noun in a sentence which means…
June 17, 2017
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What are Nouns?

This time we’ll discuss nouns. Nouns can be common or proper. A common noun is a person, place, or…
May 18, 2017
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Let’s Talk About Verbs

Last time, I introduced the eight parts of speech. This time, we’ll focus on verbs. I’m beginning with the…
March 17, 2017
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Presents for the Writer

For this post, I’m suggesting some books that you may want on your bookshelves or your may want to…
January 17, 2017
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How to Pluralize Names for Christmas Cards–Re-Mix

We’re still a few days away from Thanksgiving, but we sometimes receive Christmas cards a few days after celebrating…
November 17, 2016
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Compliment or Complement?

Earlier this week I wrote a post for my own blog and was reminded about two things: the difference…
October 18, 2016
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Irregardless, Not a Word?

A few weeks ago I enjoyed a lovely dinner with friends at a cool restaurant in Raleigh. The first…
July 22, 2016
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Aid for Comma Splices

A writing acquaintance of mine recently posted about her disdain of the comma splice, more importantly, the proliferation of…
June 23, 2016
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Dangling Modifiers

Last month, I overheard a conversation about dangling modifiers. Lots of laughter. Lots of confusion. Lots of questions. “What’s…
May 9, 2016