Jan 24, 20182 min"Not only ... but also": Much ado about four wordsI've already talked about how some phrases function as splitters—how what goes into either side must look the same. One of the phrases I...
Dec 14, 20173 minPick your parallel path (or: Don't diagram sentences, but do diagram series)I'm not a huge fan of diagramming sentences. I think so much of how we put sentences together is innate, and it doesn't really serve much...
May 3, 20172 minI wish I had a Grammar Genie...Long time no blog. I call my business Magic Wand Editing, but if I had my druthers, it wouldn't be a magic wand I called upon, it'd be a...
Mar 26, 20173 minLiving in a parallel worldThis blog is called “Beyond the Oxford Comma.” I call it that because I’m not going to waste time arguing one side or the other of this...