We often hear people talk about bad grammar, but did you know that many of these issues actually have to do with usage rather than grammar? In fact, a lot of the ideas we cover in Grammar Time posts are […]
For today’s Grammar Time, we’re going to take a look at phrasal verbs and phrasal nouns. It’s easy to mix these up when you’re writing, and it’s important to know the difference between the two and how they’re used. Phrasal […]
For grammar time today, we’re going to explain the difference between “e.g.” and “i.e.” Because they both introduce parenthetical explanations, they’re easy to mix up. e.g. The phrase “e.g.” stands for the Latin term exempli gratia, which means “for example.” […]
For today’s Grammar Time, we’ll be going over how to properly punctuate conjunctive adverbs. But first, what is a conjunctive adverb? Conjunctions, Adverbs, and Conjunctive Adverbs Conjunctions How many of you have heard the song “Conjunction Junction”? Well, the function […]
For today’s Grammar Time, we’re going to discuss sentence sprawl. Web readers like to get the information they want and move on, so if you want to keep readers’ attention, be concise. Here is why concision is important. Concision and […]