For some reason, discussion of comma splices is on the upswing lately. I've run across it at least three times in recent weeks; most recently, at Copyediting's Fiddly Rules Podcast #12.[1. Except when I went to listen to the podcast, the link took me to ...
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Two-Minute Drill: Coulda, Shoulda, Woulda, and More
Wouldn’t writing in English be so much easier if we could just write out words, or combinations of words, the way they sound? Instead of typing out forget about it, I could simply write fuggedaboudit and be done. Of course, if I’m writing dialogue, I can do such things, if the character’s vernacular is ...
Two-Minute Drill: Allude and Elude
This post is the first in what I hope will be a series of short (two minutes to read) articles highlighting commonly confused or misused words. I was reading a blog article yesterday, and the following sentence caught my eye. Then it made me grit my teeth. Fortunately, I have a dentist appointment Thursday ...
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