What Does “Include” or “Including” Mean Before a List?
The definition of the verb “to include” is not the same as the definition of the verb “to be.” By definition, if we use the...
Using the Articles “A” and “An”
One subscriber wrote to ask how to determine whether to use a or an in front of a noun. Like many of us, he had...
“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...
“Less” or “Fewer”
Quite a few articles on this site address confusing word pairs, including effect and affect, sit and set, lay and lie, and bad and badly....
