This letter is to call to the attention the incorrect grammar that was printed in a recent article “Exhausted elk moves from back yard in Vail.” The writer, Eagle County correspondent Nicole Frey, ...
Lamar Alexander places a premium on knowing what a declarative sentence is: VH: What disciplines of the newspaper environment helped you in becoming a political leader? LA: The most important thing I ...
Think twice the next time you decide to forego the Oxford comma. For the non-grammar nerds in the room, the Oxford comma, otherwise known as the serial comma, is the comma used just before the ...
Aviya Kushner knew the Bible in its original Hebrew by heart, but when she took a graduate course on the Old Testament, the author didn’t recognize the text she had grown up with. The experience ...
Mike Novak explains what might elude many in the fire service: A lack of good written and oral English skills can interfere with achieving optimal results. Emojis and short, incomplete sentences that ...
Today is National Grammar Day, a day writers and editors appreciate very, very much. Correct grammar and spelling has decidedly been thrown into the metaphorical trash bin, thanks to the subsequent ...
Andreea S. Calude receives funding from the Royal Society Marsden Grant and Catalyst Seeding Grant . University of Waikato provides funding as a member of The Conversation NZ. University of Waikato ...
Dear Writers, Readers, and Speakers, If YOU had English 101 or essential, or kindergarten, you know that WHO refers to people and THAT refers to places, many animals (if not all) and things. Check out ...