The Grammar Diva Blog - Bites of Grammar and Such

Motherhood: All love begins and ends there. Robert Browning, English poet, 1812- 1889

There are many, many, many, many comma rules. What about the rules for when to use a comma between two or more adjectives in front of the same noun?

Last week we talked about some grammar “rules” that can now be “broken,” including beginning sentences with conjunctions, ending sentences with prepositions, splitting infinitives, and using they as a singular pronoun. Today we will talk about three more of those “rules.”

Grammar rules. Are there really rules at all, or are there just guidelines and standards? Depends whom you ask.

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.