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Grammar Rules: Who vs. Whom
Do you know when to use who vs. whom? It sounds old-fashioned: To whom have you sent those letters? Modern colloquial speakers expect something more along the lines of Who did you send those letters...
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Grammar Guidelines Versus Grammar Rules
Guidelines vs. grammar rules. In grammar, there are rules and then there are guidelines. Rules may sometimes be broken, but usually breaking the rules of grammar leads to prose that sounds awkward and...
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Grammar Rules: Split Infinitives
What are the grammar rules surrounding split infinitives? It’s important that we, as writers, know the tools of our trade. Part of our job is to understand the mechanics of language, which includes...
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Ten Grammar Rules Every Writer Should Know
Some of the most overlooked grammar rules and best writing practices. The more experience I gain as a writer, the more I’m convinced that writing is one of the most difficult skills to master. It’s not...
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Grammar Rules: Further vs. Farther
Further vs. farther: Is it further away or farther away? Believe it or not, the words further and farther have different meanings, although people tend to use them interchangeably. And it’s no...
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Grammar Rules: Ending a Sentence with a Preposition
Is ending a sentence with a preposition ever acceptable? A longstanding grammar myth says we’re not supposed to end a sentence with a preposition. For years, this myth has persisted, tying writers up...
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Grammar Rules: Subject-Verb Agreement
The grammar rules surrounding subject-verb agreement. The rule is simple: singular subjects take singular verbs and plural subjects take plural verbs. But sometimes it’s difficult to tell whether a...
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Grammar Rules: Capitalization
Grammar rules for capitalization. Proper capitalization is one of the cornerstones of good grammar, yet many people fling capital letters around carelessly. Not every word deserves to be capitalized....
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Grammar Rules: Fewer vs. Less
Battle of words: fewer vs. less. It’s a battle between words: fewer vs. less. Are they interchangeable? Do these words have different meanings? How can we use them correctly? Many people don’t realize...
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Grammar Rules: i.e. and e.g.
Learn the grammar rules for Latin abbreviations i.e. and e.g. Occasionally, we come across the abbreviations i.e. and e.g., but what do they mean, and what is the difference between them? How do...
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