grammar

Here's how to figure it out once and for all.

All you need for this easy grammar check is a couple of pronouns you already know how to use correctly.

Here’s how to nail the pluralization of your name—even if there’s a possessive involved.

Pluralizing a last name can seem confusing—and it gets even more confusing when you want to make a name both plural and possessive. Here’s how to correctly do both.

She's happy because she finally understands that she's lying down—not laying down.

The ‘laying vs. lying’ situation is tricky—but direct objects can help.

This information might not jibe with what you’ve heard before.

It’s the most frequent word in the English language, accounting for around 4 percent of all the words we write or speak. But what the word 'the' means is surprisingly complicated.

These words are tripping up Google users.

Belive it or not, spelling errors are a fact of life.

You just know which one Goldilocks is going for.

Deciding when to use an em dash instead of some other punctuation mark is largely up to you—except in situations that call for an en dash or hyphen.

If you’re talking about a free hotel breakfast, the word you want is ‘complimentary.’

Yes, they’re synonyms. But there’s a little more to the semantic story of ‘recur’ vs. ’reoccur’ than that.

When does something stink, when did you believe something stank, and when might it have stunk?

The situation has clearly gone from bad to worse.

What's the 'worse' or 'worst' that could happen if you use the wrong form of this commonly used word? Here's what to know.

Musician Sufjan Stevens recently jumped on the “open letter to Miley Cyrus” bandwagon with a tongue-in-cheek critique of her grammar in the song “Get It Right.”

One historical definition of ‘whereas’ is ‘preamble.’ But that’s probably not the one you’re looking for.

If you're writing a conditional statement, then you should use then.

‘More than’ or ‘more then’ isn’t a matter of opinion. But there was a time when they were interchangeable.

Should you use ‘disinterested’ or ‘uninterested’? It depends on the context, the era, and how much you care about the grammar sticklers in your life.

Hopefully this article will have a positive effect on your grammar skills.

Affect or effect? These examples—and a grammar hack from TikTok—will help you remember the difference.

If you use the wrong one, you can always claim it was a typo.

Semicolon-versus-colon is one of the most fearsome face-offs in the grammar game. Here’s how to come out on top.

Insure and ensure started out as alternate spellings of the same word, but today they have slightly different definitions.

She's ready to captivate her classmates with a rousing debate on each vs. every.

There’s a reason why “Every of my feet” sounds so wrong, and why “Almost each foot” is equally weird.

"May I please use can when asking permission to do something?"

Many a teacher has reinforced the grammar rule that ‘may’ is for asking permission—not ‘can.’ But there’s a little more to it than that.

Robert Berger tried to avoid a jail sentence by forging a death certificate. Unfortunately, there is no such thing as the Office of Vital Statistics and Regsitry.

This woman systematically drinks orange juice while her creative juices are flowing.

Something systemic—like a disease—means it’s present throughout a system. ‘Systematic’ refers to how a system is operated.

Please, thumbs, step away from the spacebar.

How many spaces should we include after a period? Microsoft is now quietly telling us that the answer is one.

She may decide to use might in her essay.

'May' and 'might' are two modal verbs that are often used interchangeably, but there are grammar rules governing which one is technically correct.

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To Apostrophe or Not to Apostrophe: How to Pluralize Your Last Name

Lay vs. Lie: When to Use Each

Jive vs. Jibe vs. Gibe: What’s the Difference?

What Does "The" Mean?

‘Congradulations’: The Most Commonly Misspelled Words in the U.S.

Em Dash vs. En Dash vs. Hyphen: What’s the Difference?

Compliment vs. Complement: What’s the Difference?

Recurring vs. Reoccurring: What’s the Difference, and When Should I Use Each?

Stink vs. Stank vs. Stunk: What's the Difference, and When Should I Use Each One?

How to Use Worse vs. Worst Correctly in 6 Common Phrases

Is “As I Lay Dying” Grammatically Incorrect?

Where vs. Whereas: When to Use Each One Correctly

Then vs. Than: When to Use Which

Disinterested vs. Uninterested: What’s the Difference?

Affect vs. Effect: How to Use Each Word Correctly

Semicolon vs. Colon: When to Use Each One

Insure vs. Ensure: What's the Difference?

Each vs. Every: What’s the Difference?

Can vs. May: When to Use Each Term

Grave Error: A Man Attempting to Fake His Own Death Was Caught Because of a Typo

Systemic vs. Systematic: How to Use Each Word Correctly

In a Bold Move, Microsoft Office Is Now Flagging Double Spaces Between Sentences as an Error

May vs. Might: When to Use Each Word