It isn’t until you start researching the topic that you find out just how many words are often (including that one) mispronounced.

Many times we talk about grammar  in terms of writing. This blog post is about speaking. We don’t need to worry about punctuation when we speak, but we do have to worry about grammar—and pronunciation (which we don’t have to worry about when we write). 

A while ago, one of my readers asked me to write a post about my life as a self-publisher. However, before I became a self-publisher (or “indie” publisher, as we like to call it), I was a writer for a very long time. I think most people who write have been writing for most of their lives.

Which numbers are spelled out and which are written as numerals?

Last week I posted this 25-question grammar quiz. This week, as promised, I will give longer explanations for the answers that require them, so here goes.