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Lay vs. Lie: A Grammar Lesson
Even though I know this grammar rule, I still always double check in my trusty, well-worn, AP Stylebook. Simplified: lay is for objects, lie is to recline. You lay an object on a table. You lie down.
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That vs. who: A Grammar Lesson
Maybe its the anonymous nature of comments, bad grammar school or never learning to diagram a sentence, but the number of people who can’t figure out when to use who or when to use that in a sentence...
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Half-mast vs. half-staff
In my town, flags are flying at half-staff to honor a fallen firefighter, including the one at my office. Yesterday, I had to verify that flags do indeed fly at half-staff and not half-mast as some...
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This is rather simple. According to Grammar Girl, each other is always two words in English. The AP Stylebook further explains each other and one another, where more confusion occurs. As quoted from...
View ArticleComplement vs. Compliment: A Grammar Lesson
Thanks to this wonderful Pinterest post, there is no excuse for continuing to get this one wrong. If you needed more incentive, the AP Style defines complement as a verb “denoting completeness or the...
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