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When Is “W” a Vowel?

By Neal WhitmanAugust 23, 2012

A question that I get now and then is whether W is ever a vowel. At first, I was…

“Versus”

By Sandeep PrasannaJuly 20, 2012

Olympics season is nearly upon us. Athletes in more than 150 countries are preparing for some of the most significant…

Dashes, Colons, and Commas

By Mignon FogartyApril 19, 2012

People sometimes ask me about the difference between a colon and a dash since they can both be used to…

How to Speak English Like the Irish

By Benny LewisMarch 15, 2012

Happy St. Patrick’s Day! To help you get closer to your Irish heritage or simply celebrate as if you were…

When Should I Capitalize “Constitution”?

By Mignon FogartyFebruary 28, 2012

Patrick C. asked,”When discussing a Constitutional Amendment, is it instead a ‘constitutional amendment’?” “Constitutional” is lowercase because it is an…

Does ‘You’ Come First or Last?

By Mignon FogartyFebruary 17, 2012

Barbara wants to know how to deal with “you” when it’s part of a compound subject or the compound object…

Why Do Kids Say “Versing”?

By Mignon FogartyFebruary 16, 2012

Ron M. wrote, “The phenomenon of using the word ‘verse’ instead of ‘versus’ seems relatively recent, but to this 56…

Ending a Sentence with an Abbreviation

By Mignon FogartyJanuary 17, 2012

When you end a sentence with an abbreviation, you don’t need an extra period. Apple Computer, Inc. became Apple, Inc..…

Sentence Fragments

By Mignon FogartyDecember 22, 2011

Today’s topic is sentence fragments. I often imagine that listeners are writing long things such as articles, essays, and books;…

Are Your Holiday Cards Grammatically Correct?

By Mignon FogartyDecember 13, 2011

The Churches, the Foxes, and the Marshes I was deluged with questions after last week’s newsletter about making names plural.…

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