This is the Grammar Guy column, a weekly feature written by Curtis Honeycutt. I can think of a few things off the top of my head that I hope never to use: math, a fire extinguisher, Pepto Bismol and ...
I can think of a few things off the top of my head that I hope never to use: math, a fire extinguisher, Pepto Bismol, and the flotation device on the bottom of my seat cushion on an airplane. In ...
The incorrect use of quotation marks can often be the difference between a innocent comment and something wildly offensive. And these cringe-worthy signs, shared online by people around the world, ...
What are news readers to make of quotation marks in an article or headline? It seems a simple question, but this punctuation occasionally causes a misimpression. The issue arose recently after The ...
The Associated Press Stylebook released guidance on social media advising publishers to put the word "woke" in quotation marks due to the word's "derogatory" use by conservatives. "A slang term that ...
I can’t make a decent egg foo yong to save my life. I can’t pave a sidewalk, repair a computer or dry-clean a suit. And you sure as heck don’t want me to groom your poodle. So who am I to tell people ...