To Split or Not to Split Infinitives?
Most of us were taught never to split infinitives, but writers have been splitting them anyway—even long before Star Trek provided us with perhaps the...
Pro Tips for Professional Writing
Web content, emails, newsletters, and social media posts require us to write well. Small business owners often can’t afford to hire professional writers and editors,...
Italics or Quotation Marks? Handling Titles of Works
When we refer to the title of a work, how do we know whether to use italics or quotation marks? Italics for Works That Stand...
“Anymore” and “Everyday” or “Any More” and “Every Day”?
This site addresses a number of confusing word pairs, including less and fewer, effect and affect, and lie and lay. Sometimes writers are confused by...
Can “They” Ever Be Singular?
Editors at Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary caused quite a stir when they tweeted on September 17, 2019, that “the nonbinary pronoun ‘they’ has been added to the...
