The Grammar Diva Blog - Bites of Grammar and Such

Polysemia – An abnormal awareness of possible ambiguity; the uncontrollable tendency to bring to mind an inappropriate or unintended sense of a word in any context.

I recently received a question asking when I was “going to have the courage to tackle” the lay/lie situation. Well, I have talked about it before, but bring it on . . and here we go . . .

Adjectives are pretty simple and have just a few grammar and punctuation issues:

Comma between adjectives — or not?
The order of adjectives
Comparatives and superlatives

Let’s have some fun with words we are currently hearing in the political news. See if you can unscramble them. Clues and answers are provided!