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Just a note about what's coming up. Academic review online for the CA CSR English exam -- February 9 and 10. My word pairs book will be out in February. I think it will be a terrific addition to ...

When transcribing a website address, I recommend that you do it exactly as it would be when it is typed into the browser. ...purchased on amazon.com... ...that great blog on www.margieholdscourt.c...

These parties to the lawsuit -- plaintiff, defendant, defense -- are not capped in general context in the transcript. ...spoke with plaintiff on the phone... ...sent to the defense... ...saw the d...

To each of you that has read even one post this year and to all of you that are reading this for the first time, I wish you blessings and peace for the season and into the new year. We will jump b...

Dear readers, With the events in Connecticut, I must say that I have just not been up to writing about English. So much seems unimportant in the wake of the slaughter of little children. It is my...

When an adverb clause -- it has a subject and verb and a word out in front of it that is part of the clause and is used to answer when, where, why, how -- starts a sentence, it is always followed b...

This was a FB question: ...It is a "Don't worry. It's okay. I understand" situation... It is okay to have the periods in the middle of the quoted material that is an adjective. Commas don't work...

Unless a fraction, which should be written out in words when it stands alone, is a direct adjective, it is NOT hyphenated. ...three-fourths vote... ...two-thirds majority... ...two thirds of the ...

Much of my time is being consumed these days with my efforts to write my new book -- Word Pares, Pears, Pairs. I am determined to have it out by the end of January! Apropos of my new book, there w...