Today’s Triangle Grammar Guide quiz contains five sentences. In each one, you will choose the proper form of who/whom or… Read more »
Posts By: Pam Nelson
A pesky personal pronoun
This lead on newsobserver.com confused me this morning: A person was killed just before 11:30 p.m. Wednesday when they were… Read more »
Closed captions spelling humor
I was watching MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” this morning with the closed captions on. As host Joe Scarborough talked to David… Read more »
Try the new Triangle Grammar Guide quiz!
Finally, I have a new Triangle Grammar Guide quiz for you to try. I have upgraded to a full-featured version… Read more »
Good advice for writers
A colleague gave me a copy of the ninth edition of “Style Guide” from The Economist newspaper. Here is the… Read more »
Isn’t it obvious?
A reader, Loretta from Carrboro, wrote recently about a broadcast reports that refer to something that someone did or was… Read more »
Hey, Grammar Guide can be cool, too
Grammar Guide wants to be cool like On the Beat, TV Eye and Uncle Crizzle, so here is the “Grammar… Read more »
Why good grammar matters
A reader sent an e-mail message last week to point out some grammar problems and typos in the Career Builder… Read more »
Spot the problem
Can you tell what’s wrong with the sentences in the list below? I think many of you will see the… Read more »
Subjects don’t have to be nouns
Writers use a variety of sentence structures. The normal order of English declarative sentences is Subject-Verb. When we are first… Read more »