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  • Tips on Capitalization and Trademark Names

    Philip B. Corbett of the New York Time Grammar Blog gives us tips on how to capitalize trademark names and whether it is OK to use trademarks as verbs or not.

    Capitalization and Trademark Names

  • How To Punctuate a Sentence

    Here are 5 rules for how to correctly punctuate a sentence:

    How To Punctuate A Sentence

  • Affect vs. Effect

    Everything you ever wanted to know about the difference between “affect” and “effect”:

    Affect vs. Effect

  • Adverbs ending in “-ly”

    Here’s a quick post on adverbs, how to use them, and when to use the ending “-ly”:

    Adverbs ending in “-ly”

  • 25 Editing Tips

    Here are 25 useful tips for editing your own writing and saving your editor time. Very useful and handy:

    25 Tips for Saving Money When Working With An Editor

  • Periods and Parentheses

    Here’s a quick tip on how to use periods together with parentheses:

    Periods and Parentheses

  • “Who” vs. “Whom”–Which One is Right and When?

    This article shows the difference between “who” vs. “whom” and how and when to use each pronoun correctly:

    “Who” vs. “Whom”

  • “Which” vs. “That”

    Learn the difference between restrictive and non-restrictive clauses, and when to use “which” or “that,” in the following post:

    “Which” vs. “That”–What’s the Difference?

  • Me, Myself, and I

    How to avoid confusion when using the pronouns “I,” “me,” and “myself”:

    http://languageandgrammar.com/2008/05/29/me-myself-and-i/

  • The End of Hyphens?

    These articles suggest that people don’t understand how to use English hyphens anymore, and that their use is diminishing. This observation is based on a recent Reuter’s article that claims that 16,000 words have recently lost their hyphenation in latest edition of the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary.

    End of Hyphens?
    Reuter’s Article

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