Professor Stanley Fish has an amusing tale of a grammar complaint on his New York Times blog. Fish is a… Read more »
Posts By: Pam Nelson
Holiday quiz from the grammar guide
The Triangle Grammar Guide has a gift for you: a quiz with a holiday theme. The five sentences cover several… Read more »
Verbal habits we loathe
I wrote a provocative headline on this post. In fact, I am developing a tolerant attitude toward my fellow English… Read more »
Word choice: Choose not to pick a fight
A reader sent this note recently to our editors: Where I grew up we picked cotton, peaches, beans and noses…. Read more »
A matter of distance: farther and further
I am working on a project in a small, somewhat isolated office at the N&O. We’re helping to set up… Read more »
Try a Grammar Guide quiz on lay and lie
Need some practice on lay and lie? Lots of people mix up these verbs, and the best way to learn… Read more »
Broach the subject of a brooch
A brooch is a piece of jewelry. It has a pin and a clasp so that it can be attached… Read more »
Word watch: the verb "vet"
As President-elect Barack Obama and his staff prepare for the new administration, the word "vet" has come up often in… Read more »
Word watch: doorstep as a verb
I ran across the word "doorstepped" in a story about a British journalist today. I didn’t understand what it meant… Read more »
Try a Triangle Grammar Guide quiz
The latest Grammar Guide quiz focuses on word choice. You will be asked to choose the better of two words… Read more »