Grammar Grappler #10: Chester Drawers
This weeks’ blog spot is short and sweet. How do you pronounce this piece of furniture? . . . . Answer: chest of drawers As a child, I called […]
Entries by Mandi Stanley
Grammar Grappler #9: Just Deserts vs. Just Desserts
Nooooooooo. I can’t believe I have been using this wrong expression my entire life. Surely I’m not alone on this one. How would you fill in the blank in this […]
Grammar Grappler #8: Home versus Hone
As has been the trend in recent posts, yet again I’m blogging about something I have been saying incorrectly for most of my life. And I never realized it until […]
Grammar Grappler #7: Could Care Less versus Couldn’t Care Less
“Well, I could care less.”
Grammar Grappler #6: A Corny Way to Remember i.e. and e.g.
“What do i.e., and e.g., mean?”
Grammar Grappler #5: Readers Share Mispronunciations
Last week I shared a word I found out I had been saying incorrectly for more than four decades: Sherbet After telling my “sher-bert” story, I asked you to chime […]
Grammar Grappler #4: Sherbet
For four decades, I have been mispronouncing this word.
Grammar Grappler 3: Peak or Peek?
I still lose sleep over an executive tips book I wrote in 1999 where in the 13th chapter I recommend presenters take a “sneak peak” at their notes whenever needed.
Grammar Grappler 2: Presidents Day, President’s Day, Presidents’ Day
Behind-the-scenes note: I write on Monday and publish on Wednesday, so I’m penning this on the third Monday in February, otherwise known as Presidents’ Day. Or is it Presidents Day? […]
Grammar Grappler 1: Compose/Comprise
Last week we announced a new blog series we’re calling Grammar Grapplers. A grappler is a tool consisting of several hooks for grasping and holding. The first commonly confused word […]
