Grammar

The verb get is unusual in that it has two different past participles; gotten and got. You might think that the preference for either one is simply between US and British English

The choice to use people or persons in writing depends on the context. In most cases, people is the accepted plural form of person. But there are situations when it’s correct to

There’s no doubt that the hyphen is disappearing slowly from written English. It’s far more common today to use email rather than e-mail. Perhaps this one word, along with technology, started the

Which spelling is correct? Is it backward or backwards? The good news is that both of them are perfectly correct for this adverb. But it depends on whether you write in US

Is it okay to end a sentence with a preposition? It’s not a rule I get hung up on. Yes, it was a writing rule drummed into our heads at school. But

Yes, the correct answer is in regard to. It is incorrect to use in regards to. It’s so easy to make this mistake when writing, and it’s an error that you can