Remember when Bob Dylan sang, “The ants are my friends; they’re blowin’ in the wind”? Neither do I!
It’s “E”asy: More Confusing Words
Now that we are all straightened out with lay and lie (last week’s blog post), let’s continue with confusing words/word pairs that begin with the letter E: 1). e.g/i.e – These abbreviations come from Latin, and you are always free to use the actual words rather than these abbreviations. If you do use the abbreviations, […]
A Little Quiz on Confusing “B” Words
Here is a little quiz on confusing word pairs that begin with “B.” And the answers are here too!
Yikes!!!!!!! That Exclamation Point!
Did you know that there was no key on the standard manual typewriter that could make an exclamation point before the 1970s?
Fun with Misplaced Modifiers
In the English language, words are generally understood to go with the words that are near them. Putting words in other places in a sentence often makes the sentence unclear — or even silly. The problem is generally with misplaced or dangling modifiers. These modifiers are generally prepositional phrases or participial phrases. Misplaced phrases are […]
