The dictionary is sometimes wrong.
Okay, not wrong, but misunderstood. When the dictionary tries to tell you what the beginning of a word means, it uses a hyphen to indicate that it is a prefix.…
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July 30, 2015
Let that comma go! I know him.
He has many names: the serial comma; the Oxford comma; the Harvard comma. It is the comma used before the last item in a list: red, white, and blue. Style…
July 27, 2015
Less is More
Or at least correct. There is no reason in the modern era to put two spaces after a period at the end of a sentence. In the typing era, that…
July 20, 2015
Do not use contractions in formal writing
Contractions aren't bad in everyday writing, but they are not acceptable in scientific writing.
July 16, 2015
Spell check fail of the day
What was written: "…even if the costs were sometimes painfully born by those who…" What I think was meant: I think they meant "…even if the costs were sometimes painfully…
July 13, 2015
Between us, “between” is often misused among the public
Between is used when there are two items; among is used when there are more. I traveled between Chicago and Cincinnati, but I traveled among Chicago, Cincinnati, and Cleveland.
July 9, 2015
Spell check fail of the day
What was written: "The name shave been changed to protect the identities." What I think was meant: I think they meant “The names have been changed to protect the identities.…
July 6, 2015