It is time for some nanty narking, or in more modern terms, great fun. (I find words can be fun, I hope you do as well.) Recently, a...

Have you ever said, "shoulda, coulda, woulda" or "should of, could of, would of"? Too many people have, and when they put pen to paper...

People may debate that those with a more extensive vocabulary are more intelligent. IQ is relative. There are many IQ tests, and results...

People can use the semicolon in a variety of ways. A semicolon is used as a winky-face emoticon when placed with a parenthesis. As a...

When I was a little girl, I saw the movie "The Glass Slipper." The movie was released in 1955; it is a ballet and another version of the...

It is an exclamation point! Its whole and total purpose is to end a sentence or phrase to express a powerful feeling. You only need...

"Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me." It has been a long time, and maybe today's youth do not know this...

Is punctuation, capitalization, proper sentence structure, and complete sentences a thing of the past? When I look over some texts,...

Before 1970, if I were to pass you a note in study hall that read, "Hey, that techie rug rat is going to grow up to be a radical chic...

The Academy of American Poets began National Poetry Month in April 1996. In honor of the 25th anniversary, I have decided to share some...

There are reasons other than lack of being able to spell a word to use synonyms.

The title is grammatically correct, albeit possibly confusing. They are their deer = the group owns the group of deer. There, there,...

There are (typically) four weeks in a month! With that in mind, you have already been introduced to "Declan and Ellie." (Aren't they...