Tag: linguistics
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Every Way You Can Correctly Use a Question Mark
Yes, I wrote an entire blog post about how to use a question mark and it wasn’t a waste of my time. Because, in truth, we all are afraid to ask our friends and peers…
3 Ways to Use Ellipses . . . Correctly
If punctuation had personality, the period would be the logical one, the comma calculated, the semi-colon the rambler and the colon attention-grabbing. And the ellipsis? That’s our mysterious one. What is the ellipsis holding back?…
When Do You Capitalize After a Colon?
If you ask two writers this question, you probably wouldn’t receive the same response. There isn’t a straightforward answer when it comes to figuring out when to capitalize after a colon. While often used like…
Active Voice vs Passive Voice
If you are brave enough to let someone edit your work, be it an academic paper or the third chapter of your novel-in-progress, there’s a good chance that you’ve seen this scribbled out in bold…
Hyphens, En Dashes, Em Dashes — And How to Use Them
Hyphens, en dashes, em dashes — oh my! Let’s get the three versions of the dash straight once and for all.
How To Use “Myself” In A Sentence
I’m keeping my promise to a dear friend of mine by writing this blog post. There’s a grammatical error bug going around her office—and it’s contagious. Her career is decades-strong across all forms of communications,…
