Every year in this column, I give tips for how to avoid the most common writing mistakes in holiday greetings and invitations. And every year, I’m reminded of just how influential I’m not as people ...

As 2025 winds down, June Casagrande writes about the correct punctuation for all the holidays to come in 2026.

According to the Internet, there's a car dealer whose service department has a "kid's play area," but competitor offers a "childrens play area." The former makes you wonder: Who is this kid and does ...

Apostrophes are the curly floating commas in sentences that usually indicate possession or a contraction. There are a few set phrases and holidays, however, that also use apostrophes. In fact, ...

Mark Twain’s encounter with a particular foreign tongue inspired an essay called “The Awful German Language.” Welcome to a new feature of this column. We won’t call it “The Awful English Language.” ...

Before you start composing your holiday cards and invitations, here’s a cautionary tale for you. Recently, I bought an e-book that I didn’t realize was self-published. But by the time the protagonist ...

Have you ever corrected someone mid-conversation because what he said just didn't sound right? What I'm talking about is words that sound like plurals and possessives but shouldn't be and vice versa.

Let's face it, grammar is more important for some people than for others. An ambulance driver probably has more important things to worry about than whether to hyphenate adverbs ending in "ly." (FYI: ...

I have lost count of the number of people who have asked me to write something about the apostrophe again - it would appear that either the rules for its correct use are still unclear to many people, ...

Apostrophes are strange little creatures that can cause two words to merge. Uh huh! The apostrophe takes the place of the removed letters. This is how it contracts the two words together. It can't be ...