March 2012
3 tags
Time to Do My Homework ...
Mar 1st
3,816 notes
5 tags
What's Up With "Beg the Question"?
Mar 1st
81 notes
6 tags
Mar 1st
51 notes
5 tags
Mar 1st
6,374 notes
February 2012
5 tags
What's Up With "Less Than"?
For more on “fewer” vs. “less,” click HERE.
Feb 29th
421 notes
3 tags
Feb 29th
23,413 notes
10 tags
What's Up With "Among" and "Amongst"? (And "Amid"...
Feb 29th
971 notes
5 tags
Feb 29th
24,375 notes
4 tags
What's Up With "Every Day" and "Everyday"?
Feb 29th
185 notes
3 tags
Feb 28th
143 notes
5 tags
What's Up With "Prophesy" and "Prophecy"?
Feb 28th
175 notes
5 tags
Feb 28th
5,389 notes
4 tags
What's Up With "Maybe" and "May Be"?
Feb 28th
64 notes
3 tags
Feb 28th
135 notes
4 tags
What's Up With "Farther" and "Further"?
Feb 25th
1,090 notes
3 tags
Feb 25th
4,270 notes
4 tags
What's Up With "Addictive" and "Addicting"?
Feb 25th
200 notes
2 tags
Feb 25th
230 notes
3 tags
Feb 24th
1,425 notes
6 tags
What's Up With "Will" and "Would"? (And "Shall"...
Feb 24th
432 notes
3 tags
Feb 24th
1,595 notes
4 tags
What's Up With "Data" and "Datum"?
Feb 23rd
54 notes
4 tags
Feb 23rd
14 notes
5 tags
What's Up With "Alot" and "A Lot"?
If you’re wondering where the “Alot” creature comes from, click HERE.
Feb 23rd
260 notes
3 tags
I Couldn't Care Less Whether You Could Care Less
Feb 23rd
493 notes
3 tags
Feb 23rd
1,228 notes
5 tags
What's Up With "Schadenfreude"?
Feb 22nd
287 notes
3 tags
Feb 21st
3,365 notes
7 tags
What's Up With "You and I" and "You and Me"?
Feb 21st
516 notes
5 tags
Waking Up in the Morning
Feb 21st
2,592 notes
6 tags
What's Up With "Who" and "That"?
Feb 21st
57 notes
3 tags
Feb 21st
1,394 notes
6 tags
What's Up With "Lay" and "Lie"?
Feb 19th
661 notes
3 tags
Feb 19th
2,009 notes
5 tags
What's Up With "Persons," "People," and "Peoples"?
Feb 18th
355 notes
2 tags
Feb 18th
3,818 notes
4 tags
What's Up With "Whom" and "Who"?
If this is still confusing to you, rephrase your sentence to avoid the entire who/whom problem.
Feb 18th
1,392 notes
3 tags
Feb 18th
186 notes
4 tags
What's Up With "Someone" and "Somebody"?
Feb 18th
121 notes
2 tags
Feb 18th
56,900 notes
10 tags
Feb 17th
743 notes
Feb 17th
107,237 notes
6 tags
What's Up With . . . the Ellipsis?
Click HERE for an excellent post on the ellipsis, including how to use them in formal writing (e.g., in citing quotations). The plural of “ellipsis” is “ellipses.”
Feb 17th
278 notes
7 tags
Feb 17th
192 notes
5 tags
What's Up With "Anyway" and "Anyways"?
NOTE: FYI, the erroneous “whats” in Paris’s thought bubble is intentional; it is parallel with the erroneous “Thats” on her T-shirt.
Feb 17th
301 notes
2 tags
Feb 17th
2,490 notes
3 tags
What's Up With "E.G." and "I.E."?
Feb 17th
1,303 notes
7 tags
Feb 16th
4,238 notes
2 tags
Feb 16th
5,149 notes
5 tags
What's Up With "Compliment" and "Complement"?
Feb 16th
242 notes