Showing posts with label grammar. Show all posts
Showing posts with label grammar. Show all posts

Tuesday, June 21, 2016

It's neat, clear, and helpful

I was taught to use the Oxford comma. So, I have that bias. But I also think it gives clarity to a sentence containing lists.

Apparently, I'm not the only one. There's even going to be a debate about the Oxford comma this coming Friday.

Friday, March 22, 2013

Neither...Nor

I was writing something earlier today and wondered about the proper use of the words, neither and nor in the same sentence. Grammar Girl helped me out.

By the way, Oxford says that both the words, neither and either, can be pronounced with long e's or with long i's in their first syllables. So, neither you with your long e, nor I with my long i are grammatically incorrect. No need to call the whole blog off.