Karen Reddick, The Editor’s Blog

Happy Thanksgiving!
Did you know the word thankful [adjective] is an expressions of thanks. Of being grateful.
In the mid-1960s, the word thankfully [adverb] came into use in the sense “thank goodness; I am (or we are) thankful that….” Although this use of thankfully is now fairly common, it doesn’t represent the best usage.
Here are some examples [...]

This was sent to me by an author friend, Gail Hamilton of Denver. I’m sure it is making the rounds on the Internet, but I thought all you lovers of the English language might enjoy this. It is yet another example of why people learning English have trouble with the language.
There is a two-letter [...]

There are two kinds of editors: one that sticks in that wherever it will fit, and the other takes it out.
Some believe that if that can logically follow a verb, it should be there. Others believe that if that can logically be omitted, it should be taken out.
So what’s the rule? It’s purely a matter [...]

Last week I showed you an A-Z list for commonly misspelled words. Many times if you pronounce a word correctly, it will usually help you with the spelling.
Here is my top A-Z picks for the most commonly mispronounced words and tips to help you remember.
across
Not pronounced: acrossed
We are walking across the street, not acrossed [...]

There are hundreds of words that are commonly misspelled in the English language (including the word misspell). Since I can’t list them all, here are my top A-Z picks for the most commonly misspelled words, and tips to help you remember.
accommodate – This word is long enough to accommodate both a double [c] AND a [...]