Beyond the Rhetoric

For this edition of Grammar 101, we consider a suggestion from Shawn Knight, the same guy who won my E3 swag contest last month. This also happens to be one of the most common errors that people make with a set of homonyms homophones. Do you know the difference between there, their, and they’re? Based [...]

While you could certainly get the gist of your meaning across with improper grammar, this can reflect poorly on you and your company. Having good grammar is paramount for establishing and maintaining a professional image and the respect of your colleagues. Some time back, we discussed the difference between “less” and “fewer.” Both of these [...]

So, we’ve managed to make it to another hump day. To help you get over that help and survive the rest of the work week, I have once again compiled a series of blog posts that I found on the Internet in the last week or so. Unlike last week’s speedlink that was a little [...]

As you go through online articles, magazine editorials, and news reports, you may encounter the use of the word sic. It is typically italicized and enclosed in square brackets like this — [sic] — but what exactly does it mean? Should you be paying any attention to this notation or should you just skim right [...]

Since English is effectively a mish-mash of so many different languages, it can also be one of the most difficult languages to learn. English grammar can be very confusing. For every rule that you encounter, there are inevitably countless exceptions. If you want to be taken seriously and to be respected, you need to have [...]