by Kerry McCarthy | Oct 19, 2020 | Writing Tips
Spice Up Any Sentence With a Compound Verb Verbs are extremely powerful words. In fact a verb alone can make up a whole sentence. When my niece was very little, her favorite sentence was just two letters long. It consisted of a single verb: Go! Most sentences, and...
by Kate Meier | Oct 19, 2020 | Writing Tips
What is a Dependent Clause and How is it Used? Without you, a dependent clause would be out there in the world, lost and alone. Sentences would lack much-needed descriptions, and writing in general would suffer. Fortunately, we have you, the writers of the world, who...
by John Bishop | Oct 17, 2020 | Commonly Confused Words, GrammarSpot, Writing Tips
Commonly Confused Words: Into Vs. In To Commonly Confused Words: Into Vs. In To A team of two little guys against one big fella — who will win? Into vs. in to is a classic grammar cage match, though the winner depends on the situation, of course. Let’s talk about how...
by Greg Secrist | Oct 16, 2020 | Writing Tips
27 Funny Words to Say in English 27 Funny Words to Say in English The English language is pretty much weirder than every other language. It has a myriad of funny words to say and usage rules that can be very confusing. For example, if the plural of tooth is teeth,...
by John Bishop | Oct 16, 2020 | Commonly Confused Words, GrammarSpot, Writing Tips
Commonly Confused Words: Further Vs. Farther Commonly Confused Words: Further Vs. Farther Hither, thither and yon; why and wherefore: The confusion surrounding further vs. farther seems like it might fall into the same category of antiquated, stuffy discussions as...
by Beth Sederstrom | Oct 13, 2020 | Commonly Confused Words, GrammarSpot, Writing Tips
Commonly Confused Words: Lose vs. Loose Commonly Confused Words: Lose vs. Loose What a difference a letter makes. Change a k to an h, and a sweet goodnight kiss becomes a terrifying goodnight hiss (not to mention the Worst. Date. Ever). Add an s to the front of...
