Frances Enriquez

Wife. Mother. Linguist. Editor.

[Frances Enriquez @enriquezf1]

@GMcrates @mixbecca No need for a doctor's note (at least not in NJ). If anyone asks, I suppose you can just google "CDC BMI calculator" and input your height and weight 🤷‍♀️

[Frances Enriquez @enriquezf1]

@DanKaszeta @richmondie I'm all for a well-placed Oxford comma, but this wouldn't be one. Glad people found some (much-needed) humor in it though!

[Frances Enriquez @enriquezf1]

@DanKaszeta @richmondie Yes! Glad we agree there. So why anyone would think the name of the United States of America is attached to that, Oxford comma or not, is... baffling

[Frances Enriquez @enriquezf1]

@DanKaszeta @richmondie "Britain and", not "Britain,"

[Frances Enriquez @enriquezf1]

@DanKaszeta As @richmondie said earlier, for that interpretation to take it should read "United Kingdom of Great Britain, Northern Ireland and the United States of America"

[Frances Enriquez @enriquezf1]

@DanKaszeta But we don't say "and...and" for three items on a list (at least, not in English)

[Frances Enriquez @enriquezf1]

@ALiminalLife @Nicole_Cliffe I was around your age when I started over as an entry-level secretary/admin assistant. Several jobs later, I'm now an editor. Check out ACES for networking and training opportunities!

[Frances Enriquez @enriquezf1]

@PATSTONE55 @Brinestowen @grammartable That was me rising to the challenge

[Frances Enriquez @enriquezf1]

@PATSTONE55 @Brinestowen @grammartable The challenge requires a comma after "and", not before

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[Frances Enriquez @enriquezf1]

@HonestDrJohn @ctussaud *diaeresis

[Frances Enriquez @enriquezf1]

@corniest2016 @lynneguist That would be your idiolect

[Frances Enriquez @enriquezf1]

@usewordsbetter What are those purple flowers?

[Frances Enriquez @enriquezf1]

@GramrgednAngel In BrE, dependant: someone you can claim on your taxes
Dependent (child, relative): also someone you can claim on your taxes

[Frances Enriquez @enriquezf1]

@slooterman Mom of 2 autistic kids here. My husband and I will celebrate our 18th anniversary this year. But the road to get here was gruelling, and several times we were on the verge of separating. And yet here we are, still together.

[The Museum of English Rural Life @TheMERL]

Oh god Shaun the sheep is called that because he was shorn of his fleece how have we only just realised that

[Frances Enriquez @enriquezf1]

@EndangeredAlpha @Babelzine @JennyLewinJones @lingthusiasm That's Baybayin! As a Manilenya I feel guilty that I learned the Arabic and Cyrillic alphabets but not Baybayin. Time to start learning!

[Frances Enriquez @enriquezf1]

@mikepope isation. Also yse for "analyse"

[Frances Enriquez @enriquezf1]

@BCDreyer I see the author (or editor?) of the article excised the comma after "copy chief"... 🤔

[Frances Enriquez @enriquezf1]

@DeAnnaBurghart You mean "I admire a little alliteration."