Does good grammar matter?
True or false? Your written grammar doesn’t have to be particularly good, since what matters most is the imaginative or factual content of your work.
Category: grammar
English grammar: How to use pronouns ‘I’, ‘me’, and ‘myself’
It’s worth knowing which roles those different words are supposed to play in a sentence.
Turn on headlights when raining
I saw this message displayed on a programmable sign over a highway, prefaced by the notation “Georgia Law”. Obviously, the message is Turn on [your] headlights when [it is] raining. The intent is clear,...
The missing epicene pronouns of English
This advertisement depicting a couple on a cruise ship says: Where Everyone Gets What They Need As a writer of English curriculum materials for kids, I’ve become incredibly sensitive to singular/plural agreement. I think...
What a difference an ‘s’ makes!
Citibank just sent me a new debit card. The tagline on the enclosed letter says: For all the things life has in store. My thought was that it should say: For all the things...
Noun noun noun noun
This is a notice in the lift here in Kent Vale notifying residents of the management’s intent to conduct an exercise in which they will clear the bicycles that have been abandoned in the...
I also don’t know.
In Singapore, the answer to a question will often be “I also don’t know.” The implication is that the asker doesn’t know and that the answerer is thus the second person who doesn’t know....