Really? You're accepting 'easier' as an adverb? Without at least some kind of acknowledgement? I'm 'a bit' surprised.
I'm not sure I agee that the antecedent to a possessive pronoun has to be the most recent noun. If…
You're absolutely right. I can't believe that other grammarians would disagree. What I thought you were going to talk about…
I know who Carl/Karl Marx was, but who was Groucho Barks....? 😉
I loved your post, as usual. My wife, a biologist, loved the fact that you capitalized the genus, but not…
"... that is not usually not considered a good thing". I'm glad I'm not the only one who didn't notice…
I see I did a poor job of proofreading my previous comment. I guess I failed to recheck after the…
I wish you had pointed out that the choice between active and passive voice is NOT a grammatical issue; it's…
Great post, as usual. This is really interesting for people whose first language does not make use of the passive…
No wonder you married Charlie! Jean, thank you for your story. Following an autobiographical excerpt from Maya Angelou, my students…