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“It’s” versus “its” and “who’s” versus “whose”
These are some tricky ones, and even people who kinda-sorta know them will still call me up to ask which spelling to use in a particular sentence. (Which, in fact, someone did just the other day.) The...
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“Principle” versus “principal”
Because I’m teaching a technical communication course on writing and editing this quarter at MSOE, I’ve had issues of grammar, punctuation, and spelling on my mind more than usual lately. One common...
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What’s the difference between grammar, punctuation, and mechanics?
The title of today’s post is actually one of my blog’s categories, shown at the lower right-hand side of the screen. Someone was wondering about the difference, so I thought I’d explain. What follows...
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Affect versus effect: which is which?
In commenting on the dash–hyphen post a couple days ago (and that’s an en dash between the words “dash” and “hyphen” :) ), Kathleen suggested that I write a post about “affect” and “effect.” Great...
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