There are a lot of people out there telling you how you should and shouldn’t write. Truth is, they don’t care how well you write, they’re just interested in selling you a book or getting hired as a writing coach.

Don’t be too clever for your own good.

Grammar Done Right! by Karen L. Reddick is a worth addition to any writer’s reference shelf, despite a blemish or two.

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Who is a subject; it does things. Whom is an object; things are done to it.

We often discuss grammar rules here on Pro Writing Tips; often, these reviews lead to conversations with highly intelligent readers about the validity of said rules. Thus far, we’ve had the good luck of keeping these debates civil. That being said, it’s time we explained what grammar rules are and how we approach them.

I love language for several reasons: double entendres, its delicate and potentially brutal beauty, its occasional dive into the abyss of the ineffable, and its unconscious power.

Copyeditors get a bad rap. They’re often portrayed as bookish, bow-tie wearing snobs whose raison d’etre is to suck the life out of the written word. This is unfair: They often don’t wear ties.

Comprise means to contain. Compose means to make up.

Less is used with mass nouns and fewer with count nouns. Less is also used with singular nouns.