Bad or Badly?
Some of the most skilled and experienced writers confuse the adjective bad with the adverb badly. Consider these five sentences: can you tell which of...
“I” and “Me”
Which of these sentences correctly use the first-person pronouns I and me? Harry and I will take the annual report to the meeting. The winners...
Hyphenated Adjectives
Several of our subscribers have written to ask us to address the use of hyphens like the ones in the following six sentences. Can you...
Placement of Only
Can you identify a problem in any of these sentences? The budget can only be balanced if programs are cut for next year. Many animals...
Who and Whom
One of these days (and I hope I’m dead and gone), the word whom will be designated by dictionaries as archaic, a relic from a bygone time. ...
