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Category: Writing/Editing
Grammar Repair Shop: Me, myself and I
Grammar Repair Shop
Grammar Repair Shop: Easy as 1, 2, 3 … or one, two, three?
Grammar Repair Shop: Add some dashes for emphasis
Grammar Repair Shop: Is it ‘staff is’ or ‘staff are’?
Problem: Whether to use singular or plural verbs and pronouns with collective nouns that represent a group, such as “board,” “jury” and “staff.”
Write subject lines that draw attention
How can you guarantee that your messages never again drown in a sea of e-mail in someone’s electronic inbox? By following these 4 tips to improve your crafting of the all-important subject line…
Grammar Repair Shop: Can you decipher Latin abbreviations?
Problem: Writers who never studied Latin often mix up the abbreviations i.e. and e.g.
Update your style for citing sources
The basic information required for noting sources hasn’t changed since you wrote a high school term paper, but the wealth of information available in electronic formats continues to add new twists.
Grammar Repair Shop: Dangling modifiers
Problem: A case of “dangling modifier”: when the subject of your sentence doesn’t agree with the description that precedes it.
Grammar Repair Shop: When to choose ‘a’ vs. ‘an’
Problem: “I know to use the article ‘an’ before a vowel,” writes Penny Perkins, Dayton, Ohio. “Do you use ‘an’ before a silent ‘h,’ as in ‘an honor student?'”