When to use “there is” and when to use “there are.”
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How to make sure “only” is in the right place in your sentences.
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The difference between “if” and “whether.”
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When you need to have “that” as a conjunction and when you can leave it out.
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When using ranges, remember that “between” goes with “and,” and “from” goes with “to.”
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Some words started as plurals but now are treated as singulars. And vice versa.
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The semicolon is a much-misused, often maligned, but elegant and useful piece of punctuation.
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Sometimes we need to use “compared to,” but most of the time we should use “compared with.”
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Did you know today is National Punctuation Day?
Brush up on your apostrophes with our previous podcasts:
Whose day is it anyway?
More than one, more than one’s
It’s not all the same to us
And check out the National Punctuation Day site.
There’s even a baking contest!
The interrobang — a combination of a question mark and an exclamation point — is a little-used punctuation mark created for questions that have a little extra oomph.
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