https://www.grammarbook.com/blog GrammarBook.com Wed, 03 Feb 2021 23:04:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0.5 https://www.grammarbook.com/blog/pronouns/year-end-quiz-4/ https://www.grammarbook.com/blog/pronouns/year-end-quiz-4/#comments Wed, 09 Jan 2019 05:00:11 +0000 https://www.grammarbook.com/blog/?p=2990 Another year of grammatical exploration has concluded with linguistic miles behind us. What we’ve learned and discussed with you along the way has been illuminating, and we are grateful for the thought and insight it has inspired. We hope you gathered even more sharpened tools for communicating in concise and eloquent English. A year-end review […]

The post Year-End Quiz 2018 first appeared on The Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation.]]> https://www.grammarbook.com/blog/pronouns/year-end-quiz-4/feed/ 16 https://www.grammarbook.com/blog/brackets/use-of-brackets/ https://www.grammarbook.com/blog/brackets/use-of-brackets/#comments Wed, 20 Jun 2018 05:00:37 +0000 https://www.grammarbook.com/blog/?p=2781 Brackets are used for a number of purposes: Use #1: Sometimes, you may wish to clarify or add to an original quote. Put words that are being added to an original quote within brackets. Always put the changes in brackets, not parentheses. This tells your readers exactly how you have altered the original. Example: Original: […]

The post Use of Brackets first appeared on The Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation.]]> https://www.grammarbook.com/blog/brackets/use-of-brackets/feed/ 2 https://www.grammarbook.com/blog/effective-writing/figuring-out-the-trick-behind-sic/ https://www.grammarbook.com/blog/effective-writing/figuring-out-the-trick-behind-sic/#comments Wed, 30 May 2018 05:00:34 +0000 https://www.grammarbook.com/blog/?p=2762 We’ve all seen it at some point when reading: a three-letter package in brackets. It follows text to draw attention to or make a point about it. We’re talking about [sic]. What is it—and when do we accurately use it? Fowler’s Modern English Usage explains that sic is Latin for “so, thus.” It is a complete word and […]

The post Figuring Out the Trick Behind [sic] first appeared on The Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation.]]> https://www.grammarbook.com/blog/effective-writing/figuring-out-the-trick-behind-sic/feed/ 4 https://www.grammarbook.com/blog/definitions/sic-for-sick-sentences/ https://www.grammarbook.com/blog/definitions/sic-for-sick-sentences/#comments Mon, 27 Jan 2014 20:01:43 +0000 https://www.grammarbook.com/blog/?p=1308 We have noticed a dismal new trend: not capitalizing words that need it. Flouting the rules of capitalization is yet another indignity visited upon our beleaguered language by self-appointed visionaries who seem hellbent on transforming standard English, even though many of them can barely read, write, or speak it. From a recent magazine article: “ ‘i […]

The post Sic for Sick Sentences first appeared on The Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation.]]> https://www.grammarbook.com/blog/definitions/sic-for-sick-sentences/feed/ 11 https://www.grammarbook.com/blog/brackets/changing-a-quote-using-brackets/ https://www.grammarbook.com/blog/brackets/changing-a-quote-using-brackets/#comments Tue, 16 Jan 2007 17:54:34 +0000 https://www.grammarbook.com/blog/?p=17 Brackets are used for a number of purposes: Use #1: Sometimes, you may wish to clarify or add to an original quote. Put words that are being added to an original quote within brackets. Always put the changes in brackets, not parentheses. This tells your readers exactly how you have altered the original. Example: Original: […]

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