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Tag: grammar
Make the Most of Spellcheck, Part 6
Grammar checking: troubled waters but big improvements for Word’s spellcheck. And now, with the introduction of “Editor” in Word 365 (2016), you can’t entirely turn
Using the Grammatical Ellipse
“But you’re missing words!” “But everyone knows what they are.” It’s a legit grammatical structure. Why the grammatical ellipse works and how to use it,
Punctuating Requests and Indirect Questions
Question marks can be optional, eh? The Canadian Style (guide) shows us that sometimes questioning words are actually forming a command, request, or indirect question,
Commas with Conjunctions are Canadian, Eh?
Today, in my special Canadian, Eh? post for National Grammar Day, at Copyediting.com, I look at the role of commas when conjunctions join independent clauses.
LOTW 5, 2015
Picks from the interwebs this week for my word- and tech-nerd peeps: going freelance mid-career (case studies) sentence diagraming guide to readable writing data about
LOTW 3, 2015
Picks from the interwebs this week for my word- and tech-nerd peeps: science of why a second monitor is the best ROI history of the
LOTW Nov 15–21
This week’s roundup of internet stuff and things for publications and science types (with some nothing-but-fun thrown in for balance): why dangling modifiers aren’t a
LOTW Nov 1–7
This week’s roundup of internet stuff for gangbangin’ publications playaz and science mofos: a plea for science communication diagramming sentences 12-steps of editing resources
Stop Quotation Mark Abuse with this Simple Test
Today, in my Canadian, Eh? column at Copyediting.com, I reprise and expand my advice on scare quotes. (Tweet this post by @scieditor) Photo by Quinn