People Are Like Wine
People are "aged" a certain time. Someone is aged 21. Or you study happiness in children aged 8-10. Not "ages."
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April 30, 2015
= = equals
Math symbols get a space on either side. Math symbols are words. "=" equals the word equals. Thus, as if the whole word were there, a space would be on…
April 27, 2015
Ever since since could mean because, I don’t know what you mean
Similar to the previous entry: "since" refers to time. I have been up since seven this morning. If you want to start a sentence with a phrase that justifies what…
April 23, 2015
It makes you look like an as
I recommend that you use the word "because" instead of the word "as" in phrases suggesting causality, such as "this will make us rich as it involves winning the lottery."…
April 20, 2015
When NOT to hyphenate?
Adverbs (words ending in -ly) almost never need to be hyphenated. This is a continually nagging problem in my text-editing work.
April 16, 2015
When to hyphenate?
When two words combined define another word, they need a hyphen. They form one object-defining word.
April 13, 2015
Understand this
If you "try and" understand it, you understand it. You can "try to" understand it. But if you succeed, then the trying is over.
April 9, 2015
You Can’t Yell “Fire” in a Crowded Theater
And you can’t yell opinions in a crowded laboratory. You have to be aware of the qualitative assumption of your words. I recently edited a text where the author wrote,…
April 5, 2015
You Ain’t Einstein, Einstein
Increasingly, science journals are including in their instructions to omit "claims of primacy." This means phrases like "Ours is the first study to . . . " or "This is…
April 2, 2015
Noun-iness
A method-ology is merely a method that someone is trying to make sound more important. It is adding a noun ending to a noun. Odder still is that the ending…
March 30, 2015