Archive for Grammar Tips
Public Speakers! Helpful Tip #4 From Your Friendly Grammar Police
By Carole McMichaels
It almost makes me cry-that nice little word “an” slipping into an unmarked language grave even as I write this. So sad to be unappreciated. That gentle little word elides so gracefully into all those beginning-vowel words. It quietly and unobtrusively avoids the uncouth grunty “uh” sounds.
Only a few hours ago I was […]
Now Is Not The Time To be Caught Without Grammar
By Robyn Whyte
More and more, we are bombarded with ads everywhere we go from buses to magazines. Those with a big budget can spell and even mix it up a little by purposely misspelling a word such as right as rite or kids as kidz. But what about you as the small business owner?
The truth […]
Do I Use "I" or "Me"?
In planning for future Pearl Writing blog posts, I wrote down an idea for when a writer should use “I” versus “me”. Great minds truly do think alike, because Theda K over at Crayon Writer has written a similar post. Rather than re-creating the same topic, I urge you to have a read there.
She says, […]
