The Grammar Diva Blog - Bites of Grammar and Such

According to Global Language Monitor, the estimated number of words in the English language is 1,025,109.  There is some controversy over that exact figure, but it’s safe to say there are over a million.

Being repetitious. We are all guilty of it. You know how someone might tell the same joke or the same story over and over again — and we listen without saying anything? 

Several weeks ago I posted about ten words from A through E that are commonly mispronounced. This post continues with some words from F through J that are often mispronounced: 

Last week’s blog post was a punctuation quiz. The answers were given, but the longer explanations were not. Stay tuned here for the facts!

My next book will be a “little” (of course!) punctuation book, which I am hoping will be out in June or so . . .
To warm up, here is a “little” punctuation quiz.