Public Service Announcement Regarding Apostrophes – Part 1
By far, the most lively discussions that arise during my Grammar-for-Grownups seminars involve the amazing apostrophe and its role in pluralizing last names. Let’s see how you do on the […]
Entries by Mandi Stanley
How Many Spaces After a Period?
2024 Grammar-for-Grownups Top 10 Question 1: “I believe we discussed this in class, but I can’t remember how many spaces you said to place between sentences in a […]
Can You Begin a Sentence with Because?
2024 Grammar-for-Grownups Top 10 Number 2: Can you begin a sentence with because? I’d like to discuss the use of “because,” whether to use it at the beginning of […]
Should We Use Contractions?
2024 Grammar-for-Grownups Top 10 Number 3 “For formal business writing, when should contractions be used, and when should they not be?” This question was shared by […]
Grammar for Grownups Top 10: A Blooper in the Society Pages
2024 Grammar-for-Grownups Top 10 Number 4: A Blooper in the Society Pages In recent weeks, several readers have brought up one of my most cringe-worthy grammar peeves: […]
Is it Backward or Backwards?
2024 Grammar-for-Grownups Top 10 Number 5: Is She Moving Backward or Backwards? Keep the wacky words coming! Thanks to all of you who have been commenting and adding […]
Use or Utilize?
2024 Grammar-for-Grownups Top 10 Number 6: Use vs. Utilize A blog reader recently tagged me with this question, and it is one we cover during our Grammar-for-Grownups seminars: […]
What Are The Rules For Ellipses?
2024 Grammar-for-Grownups Top 10 Number 7: Dot Dot Dot … How many of you are my dot dot dot friends? Bad example: …..I will be leaving for […]
Affect or Effect?
2024 Grammar-for-Grownups Top 10 Number 8: Affect and Effect This question pops up in almost every #IAAP CAPstone Business Writing Specialty Certificate course, and this semester’s cohort […]
Rules for Capitalizing Email Subject Lines
2024 Grammar-for-Grownups Top 10 Number 9: Capitalization with Email Subject Lines This week’s question from the cohort who just completed the eight-week intensive IAAP CAPstone Business Writing Specialty Certificate […]
