Grammar and Grace
Confusing Words…Again!
Yes, we’re continuing to visit confusing words because the English language abounds with them. Here are a few…
September 17, 2016-
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Grammar and GraceIrregardless, 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 -
Grammar and Grace
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 -
Grammar and Grace, UncategorizedDangling Modifiers
Last month, I overheard a conversation about dangling modifiers. Lots of laughter. Lots of confusion. Lots of questions. “What’s…
May 9, 2016 -
Grammar and Grace
Five Words or Phrases to Avoid
Lots of time we hear verbal patterns that may be acceptable (to some people) in speech, but they are…
April 17, 2016 -
Grammar and Grace, UncategorizedFive More Confusing Word Pairs to Consider
We’re continuing to examine words that are used incorrectly. Enthused/Enthusiastic—Although enthused has become acceptable in standard usage, old school…
March 12, 2016 -
Grammar and Grace
Five More Confusing Word Pairs
For the past couple of posts, we’ve been focusing on confusing word pairs. Today will continue with a few…
February 22, 2016 -
Grammar and GraceUnderstanding Lie and Lay
We’ll take a break from adding more confusing words to our list this time and focus only on…
February 9, 2016 -
Grammar and GraceFive Confusing Word Pairs
The English language has many confusing words because of all of those homonyms and synonyms (don’t even get me…
January 9, 2016 -
Grammar and GraceHow to Pluralize Names for Christmas Cards
I love Christmas. I especially love sending and receiving Christmas cards. We send out a lot from our house,…
November 24, 2015 -
Grammar and GraceQuick Rules for Using Hyphens and Dashes
A hyphen is a type of punctuation linking words that form one idea to avoid confusion. Here are a…
October 26, 2015 -
Grammar and GraceHow to Choose the Correct Pronoun
What’s wrong with this sentence? Me and Cam finished the Army Ten-Miler. Me should be I, right? Easy. Most…
September 18, 2015 -
Grammar and GraceApostrophes Rule!
Let’s talk about apostrophes today. They’re little floating dots with tails that cause major problems for some people. Apostrophes…
August 30, 2015 -
Grammar and GraceBook List for Editing
Punctuation and grammar come easily to me. I remember rules from elementary school, can recite a whole list of…
August 10, 2015 -
Grammar and Grace
Grammar and Grace
Hello, I’m Hope. A long, long time ago I used to teach English on the college level. I taught…
July 29, 2015
