Keep Reading Alive in 2025! Quit Your Book
Our theme in January is Keep Reading Alive in 2025! In recent weeks I’ve shared several tips for achieving your reading goal this year. SECRET ONE. I don’t watch a lot of […]
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Keep Reading Alive in 2025! Secrets to Reading More Books
Our theme in January is Keep Reading Alive in 2025! Last week I shared my first two secrets to help us all achieve our reading goals this year: SECRET ONE. […]
Keep Reading Alive in 2025!
I’m excited about this focus for our first five weeks, and I hope you’ll accept the challenge to read more books in the new year. It doesn’t matter how […]
Public Service Announcement Regarding Apostrophes – Part 4
We’ve spent the past three weeks pluralizing last names WITHOUT using a single apostrophe. So, that leads to a question I would ask: What if it looks ugly? For […]
Public Service Announcement Regarding Apostrophes – Part 3
Last week we answered questions 1 and 2. This week let’s tackle questions 3 and 4. As a reminder, we’re talking about how to pluralize last names for our Christmas […]
Public Service Announcement Regarding Apostrophes – Part 2
Last week I posted a pluralization pop quiz. How did you do? Let’s see. We’ll begin with the questions I received prompting the pop quiz. Question 1: How do […]
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 […]
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 […]
