AP says the percentage sign now OK when used with a numeral (that’s shift+5)
Brace yourselves. The AP Stylebook says the percentage sign is now acceptable when paired with…
March 29, 2019
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This tool will catch your grammar mistakes (and harass you about Oxford commas)
Did you spell that word right? Is that an independent clause? That's not a dangling…
June 8, 2017
Question from ACES2015: Is it time to accept ‘they’ as a singular pronoun?
The Associated Press didn't announce any earthshaking changes last week at the annual American Copy…
April 2, 2015
Turns out we have a lot of pet peeves about grammar
Happy National Grammar Day! On National Grammar Day eve, we shared the pet peeves of…
March 4, 2015
What are your biggest grammar pet peeves?
Wednesday is National Grammar Day, which isn't a bank holiday but may be cause to…
March 3, 2015
Grammar Girl: ‘I had wanted to be a professor, but I had given up on that dream’
Fogarty. Credit: Patrick Fogarty That or which? Lie or lay? And where does that pesky…
August 26, 2014
Restore the semicolon to journalism; before it’s too late
Maybe it’s the oppressive Florida heat and humidity, but I find myself in a mischievously…
July 23, 2014
In praise of the passive voice
Of all the technical advice I offer writers, none is more controversial than encouragement to…
June 26, 2014
AP Style should adopt the Oxford comma
It's great to see that Nate Silver's 538 is finally hitting its stride. Stepping aside…
June 23, 2014