Grammar Police

The CSI of Proper English ... with a Much Lower Budget

[The Chicago Manual of Style @ChicagoManual]

Have you heard? A brand-new edition of The Chicago Manual of Style will be published in September! For a sneak preview of what’s new in the forthcoming 18th edition, head on over to CMOS Shop Talk. #ChicagoStyle #AmEditing #AmWriting https://t.co/nRB2Spgcdo

[Grammar Police @grammarpolice]

Happy, #PunctuationDay my favorite “of” all… the day’s

[Grammar Police @grammarpolice]

@GrammarianJoe @NewYorker And who among us doesn’t occasionally miss an errant autocorrect slipped in by their iPhone? This is why everyone needs an editor. Also, who among us isn’t annoyed by @Twitter’s lack of an edit feature? Thanks @GrammarianJoe.

[Grammar Police @grammarpolice]

Who among get us doesn’t occasionally use an errant “whom” now and then? Deciding which to use is as simple as this trick she tells her. @NewYorker https://t.co/Rq5WJ3ao1Q

[Grammar Police @grammarpolice]

Do you know the history of the words you use? Would you keep using them if you found they had racially charged #etymology? “Everyday words and phrases that have racist connotations” https://t.co/nC2jwsrJUD

[Grammar Police @grammarpolice]

@HarrisonJReagan @codyslamans If we are talking meme language, it is generally understood that it is a sentence fragment speaking in general about a feeling or experience common enough to be recognized by others. In this case, using the future tense “lift” implies looking forward to a yet-unfulfilled event.

[Grammar Police @grammarpolice]

@johntprather @ivamarie are you getting more or less writing done during the lockdown? #CoronavirusNovel

[Grammar Police @grammarpolice]

Social distancing is part and parcel of the life of writers, so even if you need to sit in your car at 6 AM, find the solitude to maintain your writing practice. We should all have some great work at the end of this. How are you working on your #CoronavirusNovel ?

[Grammar Police @grammarpolice]

@GrammarGirl This has placed me in Grammarian’s Dilemma.

[Merriam-Webster @MerriamWebster]

The first rule of English: every rule of English will eventually be broken, wantonly and with reckless abandon. https://t.co/j7UjY5gl9I

[Grammar Police @grammarpolice]

Write today. Write every day. Make writing an everyday practice.

[Grammar Police @grammarpolice]

“An earlier version of this story published incorrectly because, seriously, putting two spaces in the headline broke the web code.” https://t.co/E3wq9Uoobq

[Grammar Police @grammarpolice]

Happy golden days: @MerriamWebster definition of 'yore' https://t.co/B3cR4yvNWe

[Grammar Police @grammarpolice]

Pig vs. pork: In the eleventh century, French influenced words for food, while English held strong for livestock. https://t.co/rTZ4MBCQng

[The Chicago Manual of Style @ChicagoManual]

Tip: When an italicized term appears in roman text, the possessive s should be set in roman. #CMOS 7.28

[The Economist @TheEconomist]

A study published in 2012 found that the death rate of words in English seems to have speeded up since about 1950 https://t.co/F1ngkly5uV

[Grammar Police @grammarpolice]

@JonAcuff yep. It look good to I.

[Jon Acuff @JonAcuff]

Its not to difficult too bother fans off grammer. Their easy to offend if you use the write words in you're sentence. Irregardless.

[Grammar Police @grammarpolice]

Hi, dear reader. Do you know where to place a comma in salutations? Put it wherever you would pause if it were within a sentence. #grammar

[Grammar Police @grammarpolice]

Admittedly ... https://t.co/imxIKmuO9c