PHILADELPHIA (CBS) --In this digital age, we're more likely to text and tweet than to talk. Are we forgetting to use proper grammar? For years, we've been told that poor grammar can cost you an ...
Writing with proper grammar is one of the easiest ways to establish credibility. For example, when was the last time you trusted the guy who opened his email with “Hello please sirs and madam” and ...
I recently read an obituary for the once-ravishing Maureen O’Hara, a veteran actress whose career spanned seven decades. Her sage advice, words of wisdom to young performers: “If you really want [the ...
Raise your hand if you liked sentence diagramming in school. Is your hand raised? If so: Really? Ew. For normal-ish people, diagramming, if not always a fun exercise, is one of many tools to help ...
In response to my column highlighting amusing errors, a reader questioned my emphasis on proper grammar. "I enjoy reading your column," he wrote, "and I do try to write succinctly. However, in this ...
I once read that we have a hormone that provides a certain amount of inhibition against speaking our minds. As we age we lose that hormone. All I can say is, “uh-oh.” It’s already happening to me. I ...
Are you the sort of person who just loves correcting other people’s grammar? Are you sure that you’re doing it right? Some things that people have been taught are rules of English grammar are really ...
Amarillo, TX (KVII/CNN) - A lot of social media users don't bother with little details like correct punctuation or proper spelling. It's just something a lot of us have gotten used to in the age of ...
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Q. Am I wrong to expect my son’s second-grade teacher (who formerly taught fifth grade) to use proper grammar and spelling when writing to me via e-mail and when writing her blog entries? I can ...