by Liz Coursen | Oct 20, 2017 | Uncategorized
Wow! Jaw-droppingly horrible. A drama based on the elite crew of firemen from Prescott, Arizona who battled a wildfire in Yarnell, AZ Iin June 2013 that claimed the lives of 19 of their members. Crew is a singular noun, so you can’t say “their”...
by Liz Coursen | Sep 7, 2017 | Uncategorized
Rule: When two proper noun phrases are joined, if a word that is part of both phrases becomes plural and is not a proper noun, it’s not capitalized. Correct: Hurricane Irma: School closures and event cancellations in Sarasota and Manatee counties See the...
by Liz Coursen | Aug 15, 2017 | Uncategorized
As I’m sure you know by now, I love finding mistakes on sites that belong to “internationally famous” and “global best-selling” authors. Here’s a dandy sentence I just found: This talk goes behind the scenes of some of the most...
by Liz Coursen | Aug 14, 2017 | Uncategorized
I’m writing two books right now—Comma Common Sense and Happy Hyphens (a tentative title)—and am collecting examples of how not to use commas and hyphens. Where could I go to collect examples faster than to the referral organization to which I belong and look at...
by Liz Coursen | Aug 6, 2017 | Uncategorized
I’ve noticed an uptick in “up” words that are, well, they are stupid. We’ve already discussed the inanity of “up-skill.” Who thought up that gem? Just now, however, on a deplorably messy site, I found another “uppity”...
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