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Est. 1828
Grammar & Usage

Usage Notes

Prepositions, Ending a Sentence With

Yes, a preposition is something you can end with.

How to Use 'Who' vs. 'Whom'

What you really need to know

Hypercorrections: Are you making these 6 common mistakes?

When your 'correction' is incorrect

A Comprehensive Guide to Forming Compounds

Everything you need to know

Can ‘criteria’ ever be singular?

It depends on what you base your decision.

Plural and Possessive Names: A Guide

A guide to plural and possessive names

Singular Nonbinary ‘They’: Is it ‘they are’ or ‘they is’?

Notes on a conjugation

Is Singular 'They' a Better Choice?

The awkward case of 'his or her'

8 Grammar Terms You Used to Know, But Forgot

Plus yodeling

Words in Disguise: Do these seem familiar?

Some words resemble other words enough to make you think you know them. You might not.

Using Bullet Points ( • )

Is it 'graduated' or 'was graduated from'?

No, this will not be on the test

Can You Use 'Comprised of'?

It's been in use for centuries.

Fun! Funner!! Funnest!!!

We got a whole mess of fun here, folks

31 Useful Rhetorical Devices

Beyond 'simile' and 'metaphor'

8 More Grammar Terms You Used to Know: Special Verb Edition

These grammarians are going places

Is 'irregardless' a real word?

LOL, the look on your face right now.

33 Transition Words and Phrases

Words to help you jump from one idea to the next

‘Incommunicado’: We Won’t Be Silent on the Subject

When you just can't talk right now.

Is It 'Damp Down' or 'Tamp Down'?

We're not trying to be a wet blanket here.

On 'Currant,' 'Current,' and 'Courant'

We're raisin' the issues of the day.

Can 'bemuse' mean 'amuse'?

The word actually comes from the Muses

Hopefully

We believe the popular usage of this word is correct
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