Grammar and Usage

How to Use “As of Yet” “As of yet” is often used to describe something that has not happened yet. Although it is grammatically correct, “as of yet” is often deemed unnecessarily wordy. If you strive for clear writing, you can say “as yet,” or,… continue reading

Overtime vs. over time: these two terms that are easily confused. One is a compound word, while the other is a verb phrase. Spell-check in most word processing software programs wouldn’t notice a slip-up of these two words. Spell-check’s job is to look for words… continue reading

For two relatively small words, to and too can cause a lot of headaches. Educators, editors, and general grammar nerds are constantly correcting the misuse of these simple words. Using To Correctly Let’s begin with the basics. The word to is a preposition, indicating direction… continue reading

These days, facts and opinions become twisted and are blurred quite easily. It is more important than ever to be able to separate actual, verifiable fact from conjecture. With this in mind, let’s talk about objective vs. subjective statements. A big part of that is… continue reading

Have you ever considered the difference between laying vs. lying? You lie down however, you lay something down. Lie doesn’t require a direct object but Lay does. The same rule applies to lying and laying (not lieing—be careful of the spelling). The past tense of lay is… continue reading

Described as one of the nine parts of speech, an adjective is a word that tells us a little more about a noun. It “describes” or “modifies” a noun (The brown dog was angry). In the examples below, the adjective is in bold and the… continue reading

Even experienced writers get tripped up with anyway, any way, and anyways. Here is an explainer to help you distinguish between these similar-sounding expressions. Using Anyway Correctly Firstly, anyway can be defined as “nonetheless,” “in any case,” or “regardless.” Here is an example of how… continue reading

It is never easy differentiating between the like-sounding terms into and in to. The same is true for onto and on to. We can clarify these words and phrases to help you determine which is correct for your sentence. Into and Onto Definitions For starters,… continue reading

Consider the two sentences below. They are almost identical, except for one word: A Labrador is different from a Golden Retriever. A Labrador is different than a Golden Retriever. Potentially, one of those sentences sounded like nails on a chalkboard to you. On the other… continue reading

No one escapes high school English without being penalized for writing a sentence fragment here and there, and unfortunately not everyone remembers what they are and how to fix them. Simply put, a sentence fragment is a clause that falls short of true sentencehood because… continue reading