Apostrophe Catastrophe
Apostrophes sort of resemble elusive, wriggly creatures, and in a sense, that’s what they are. Apostrophes often worm their way into plural nouns where they don’t belong, and the English language will always have writers who mix up your and you’re and its and it’s. But in the past two decades or so, apostrophes have [...]
Exclamation Explanation
OK, we’ll watch our step on this wet floor, but please, lay off the exclamation points. The overuse of exclamation points is nothing new. This punctuation mark certainly has its place in written English, but it proves most effective when used sparingly. Add too much excitement or emphasis with exclamation points, and eventually nothing is [...]
