Tag: Grammar Workshop
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Grammar Workshop: Portmanteau Words
A portmanteau is combining two words that touch on a meaning to create one word that conveys the meaning exactly.
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Confusing Words: Shades of Meaning
Students have a tough time with certain confusing words. We’ve covered perplexing prefixes, and pesky parts of speech. Now we will look at Shades of Meaning.
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Confusing Words: Parts of Speech
We are looking at confusing words. Last time we covered those pesky prefixes. Let’s take a look at: Parts of Speech.
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Confusing Words: Perplexing Prefixes
All writers can point to a collection of words and phrases that they find confusing. Confusing words: Perplexing prefixes.
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Grammar Workshop: Possessives {Part 3}
Not all of the rules of possessive usage are set in stone. An apostrophe can provide the emphasis.
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Grammar Workshop: Possessives {Part 2}
Basic Rules of the Possessive Case: Singular, plural, personal pronoun, and more!
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Grammar Workshop: Possessives {Part 1}
The rules for possessives are as simple now as they ever have been.
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Grammar Workshop: The Em Dash {Part 3}
We’ve talked about when to use an em dash — and when not to and alternatives. Now let’s put it all together.
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Grammar Workshop: The Em Dash {Part 1}
Of course, there is nothing wrong with using the em dash—in its proper place. But how does one decide what that proper place is?
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Grammar Workshop: Fumblerules
William Safire, a Pulitzer-Prize-winning journalist, created “The Fumblerules of Grammar” to humorously illustrate common grammar mistakes.
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Grammar Workshop: Hyphenated Compounds {Part 3}
Ideas that can help determine whether or not to use a hyphen.
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Grammar Workshop: Hyphenated Compounds {Part 2}
Every grammar book’s list of exceptions is a little different. In general, hyphen exceptions tend to fall into three major categories.
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Grammar Workshop: Hyphenated Compounds {Part 1}
To hyphenate or not to hyphenate—that is the question. The answer? It just depends.
