Karen Reddick, The Editor’s Blog

During the writing of The Revised and Expanded 2nd Edition of Grammar Done Right!, I was asked to speak at the American Business Women’s Association on the topic of “Good Grammar = Good Business.” Great topic!
I was then forced to determine and make clear to my audience: Why is grammar so important to [...]

Many people think None is short for Not One, Not Any, or No One and therefore should always be singular.
But I disagree. Let’s take a look.
Examples:
None of the books were worth reading.
None of the book was worth reading.
See? Plural and singular.
Here’s how to remember this:
If you can replace not any [...]

I don’t know where or how the use of using myself in a sentence, in place of I or me began, but grammarians will agree that we wish it would stop. Perhaps saying I or me seemed a bit egotistical, so people began to replace these pronouns with the more polite sounding [...]

They say the English language is one of the hardest languages to learn. So if you’ve learned to speak fluent English, congratulations, you must be a genius!
Just take a look at the following examples, and you’ll know why English is hard to learn.
He could lead if he would get the lead out.
The farm [...]