GrammarGal

Grammatical mistakes on shampoo bottles keep me up at night. Need something copyedited, proofread, reviewed? Books, websites, papers, theses, blogs. Try me.

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Editing a book on multiphysics modeling is riveting in every possible way...

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Big editorial argument over whether "business's" is the correct singular possessive. I say it IS correct, and I'm always right, so...

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Things cost X dollars apiece (defined as "for each one"), not "a piece." Close up that space!

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I think it's been 8 months since my last tweet... Wait, what year is it??

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You should say that things are "different from" one another, not "different than" one another.

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@KellyKidson Thanks Kelly! Good luck-- it's a bumpy ride :)

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I'm feeling clever today. As Oscar Wilde once said, “I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.”

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Job posting: "Idea candidate will be hard-wroking and driven." Idea, eh? Wroking? Your proofreading skills need some wrok.

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Don't mix up "convince" and "persuade." You "convince" someone that such and such is the case; you "persuade" someone to do something.

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Get this straight. Use "each other" when referring to two people; use "one another" when referring to three or more people.

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Don't misplace "only" in a sentence. Incorrect: He only painted one wall. Correct: He painted only one wall.

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Just reposted craigslist ad: http://boston.craigslist.org/gbs/wet/1110459547.html Come on, let me clean up your dangling modifiers.

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Please take notice. Use "between" when referring to two (people/ things); use "among" when referring to three or more (people/ things).

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Most grammarians would agree you should use "all right" and NEVER "alright." Alright is hardly all right. Get it?