The Grammar Corgi: The Adverb Hopefully
My name is Aiah, and I’m a professional grammar nerd.[1] And this is the Grammar Corgi: Grammar Corgi sez: HOPEFULLY your prescriptive zeal is mitigated by a sense of common usage. The (admittedly...
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Grammar Corgi sez: PASSIVE VOICE? This stick won't throw itself. Much ink has been spilled over the years by stylists and grammarians deploring the use of the passive voice. It is widely agreed that...
View ArticleThe Grammar Corgi: Dangling Modifiers
Grammar Corgi sez: Will not chase your DANGLING MODIFIER. Remember when you were a kid, before you were aware that the criminal justice system in this country is founded on a presumption of innocence?...
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