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Should I capitalize husband?

One of my readers is writing a work of fiction and needed to know whether to capitalize “husband”. Here’s my answer.

I was recently searching for something, when I came across the phrase “slopping wet”. But this phrase is actually wrong.

I was collaborating on a document recently, when my co-collaborators and I noticed the use of the word “fulfill”.

I was editing a client document recently, when I noticed that they used “repel” instead of “repeal”. Here’s the difference between the two.

I’ve heard some people confusing the words “cue” and “queue”. Here’s the difference between the two.

Earlier this week, someone ended up on my website searching for the phrase “Do you capitalize dad”.

One of the most common issues I encounter when editing is people not using restrictive and nonrestrictive clauses correctly.

I’ve heard some people confusing the words “right” and “write”. Here’s the difference between the two.

Why isn’t it “meese”, just as “geese” is the plural of “goose”?

I recently had someone reach out to me with the following question: