Grammar Repair Shop
Grammar Repair Shop answers all your questions on grammar, punctuation and usage with examples of what's right and what's wrong.
Conversation stoppers
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- January 19, 2012
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Inter vs. intra
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- December 14, 2011
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Grammar school rules
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- November 25, 2011
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Which unforgettable writing lesson did you learn in school? Are there any you still use today? See if any of these ring a bell:
What's wrong with this sentence?
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- October 21, 2011
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Correct any punctuation errors in the following sentences. Caution: Some sentences may already be correct, so don’t be fooled.
Grammar Repair Shop: Use one word? Or two?
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- September 27, 2011
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'What' did you put in quotes?
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- July 22, 2011
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LOL! Text-speak now in the dictionary
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- May 11, 2011
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5 grammar myths
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- April 15, 2011
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Avoiding the slash
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- March 16, 2011
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The slash or “/” is usually deployed when you need a quick and dirty way of saying “and” or “or.” Examples: “writer/director” and “and/or.” But, one reader asks, how do you make such phrases possessive?
Making it plural
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- February 9, 2011
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Writers sometimes stumble over how to make words plural. Here are two tricky situations: 1. Family and brand names. 2. Decades and other numbers.


