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Patrick C. asked,”When discussing a Constitutional Amendment, is it instead a ‘constitutional amendment’?” “Constitutional” is lowercase because it is an…
Barbara wants to know how to deal with “you” when it’s part of a compound subject or the compound object…
Ron M. wrote, “The phenomenon of using the word ‘verse’ instead of ‘versus’ seems relatively recent, but to this 56…
When you end a sentence with an abbreviation, you don’t need an extra period. Apple Computer, Inc. became Apple, Inc..…
Today’s topic is sentence fragments. I often imagine that listeners are writing long things such as articles, essays, and books;…
The Churches, the Foxes, and the Marshes I was deluged with questions after last week’s newsletter about making names plural.…
“Razorwife” wrote, “I just heard for the first time in my life that you can’t use ‘because’ at the beginning…
Marlene asked whether she should write “one year’s time” or “one-years’ time.” The correct way to give possession to time…
Chandra asked, “Is it ‘each other’ or ‘eachother’? I never know whether it’s one word or two.” In standard English,…
When I was researching the regionalism “needs washed,” Bill Bevington recommended that I look into “spendy,” which means “expensive” or…