This is part of the difference between series. I recently had someone come to my website looking for the difference between sitting and setting. They came across my article on sitting vs. seating, but that didn’t answer their question, despite it being the article that drives the most search traffic to my website. Because they couldn’t find the… Continue reading Difference between sitting and setting
Category: Grammar
Do you capitalize anniversary?
Here’s an example I saw on Facebook recently: Kinda busy celebrating my 20th Wedding Anniversary with my dear husband. Notice that “Wedding Anniversary” is capitalized? I see examples of this fairly often; in fact, capitalization is one of the writing mistakes I correct most frequently. Here’s the thing: you should capitalize words in basically only 3… Continue reading Do you capitalize anniversary?
When writing “happy birthday”, is the name preceded by a comma?
I recently had someone visit my website asking me whether they needed to include a comma before a name in a birthday greeting. Here was their example: Happy birthday, Jo. In short, yes, include a comma when wishing a specific person a happy birthday. Including the comma whenever you address someone (whether it’s for a… Continue reading When writing “happy birthday”, is the name preceded by a comma?
What is “monthsary”?
I recently had someone come to my blog trying to find out what monthsary means. Monthsary is 1 of 4 options we can use to refer to the monthly equivalent of anniversaries. Here are all 4:
Is 12:00 p.m. or a.m.?
I recently had someone visit this blog looking for the answer to whether 12:00 is p.m. or a.m. The answer is complicated.
How do you spell recipe in Canada?
Recently, I was reviewing the search results for this website and noticed that someone came to my website looking for an answer to the following question: How do you spell recipe in Canada? This intrigued me. I don’t recall writing an article about recipes. I also didn’t realize that some people think that Canadians spell recipe… Continue reading How do you spell recipe in Canada?
Difference between extreamly and extremely
This is part of the difference between series. I recently encountered a Facebook comment that included the word extreamly, and it reminded me that I’ve seen this spelling before. This seemed like a blog post waiting to happen.
Eliminate “of” to reduce your wordiness
When editing client copy for clarity and conciseness, one of the first things I cut is the overuse of . . . well . . . of.
Why we need to stop using “she/he” and “him/her”
I was editing a few projects for a client recently, and I noticed a tendency to use constructions such as “him or her“, “his or hers”, “he or she”, and so on. Sometimes, the author replaced the or with a slash. The reason for this, I presume, is that they want to be gender inclusive,… Continue reading Why we need to stop using “she/he” and “him/her”
Difference between i.e. and e.g.
This is part of the difference between series. People often confuse these two closely related Latin abbreviations. Here is the difference. i.e. i.e. is short for id est, which means “that is” or “in other words”. I work 35 hours a week (i.e. I have 7-hour workdays). e.g. e.g. is short for exempli gratia, which… Continue reading Difference between i.e. and e.g.