Tools-N-Tips tagged grammar
Grammar Tip: Affect vs. Effect
Just continuing my campaign to keep makers grammatically correct; there are a number of verbs that we makers use with some frequency, so I thought it might be time to clear th... Read More
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Type(s): Tip
Tags: grammar tip affect effect
Grammar Tip: Lie vs. Lay
OK folks, here's your grammar tip of the week. There are a number of verbs that we makers use with some frequency, so I thought it might be time to clear the air. Here's one p... Read More
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Type(s): Tip
Tags: lay lie grammar tip
Hyphenated Compounds
Hyphenating compound words is a very tricky subject, and I thought it was time to tackle it. In fact, Wikipedia claims that "a definitive collection of hyphen rules does not e... Read More
Type(s): Tip
Tags: hyphen compound+modifier grammar tip
While Away the Hours
MAKE's managing editor, Shawn Connally, pointed out the following grammar problem:
When “awhile” is spelled as a single word, it is an adverb meaning “for a... Read More
Type(s): Tip
Tags: grammar a+while awhile tip
