Variety is the spice of life. Have you ever tried to read an article where the writer kept using the same word over and over and over again? It can be so mind-numbing that you just lose focus and drift off into subspace. This is why any writer worth their salt can say the same …
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Deciding on whether to place commas in sentences can be a thorny and gruesome path to take. And, it is safe to assume that everyone has come to this conflicting point at least once in their lifetime, natives and non-natives alike. So why don’t we try to disentangle the web of guiding principles on comma …
Comma, comma, comma, comma, comma chameleon. You comma go, you comma go, oh. Nah. That was a really bad one. Really. But, whether the first line made you sing or, most likely, cringe, we are actually going to talk about lots of commas in this text. Join me in breaking the barriers on the comma …
Have you ever silently scolded yourself for being confused about whether to place a comma before a word in a sentence? Well, as far as the complexity of the English language is concerned, pondering upon these things is but normal. Before scrolling further, maybe a cup of joe would help you focus more on this …
“I know what pronouns are, but I’m kinda confused about the idea behind relative pronouns and I have no clue on how to punctuate sentences containing relative pronouns. If that’s totally you, you’ve certainly come to the right place. But don’t worry, Linguaholic got you covered! You’re welcome. You can thank me later for writing this …
When and how do we use “whether”? Is the “or not” in “whether or not” even necessary? Although it seems a bit odd, it is natural to ask these tricky questions occasionally. Given all the deceptive rules in any language’s grammar, perhaps only Mr. Chomsky isn’t having troubles like this. Well, there’s no need to …
Which is a better choice, “more so” or “moreso”? Is the latter variant incorrect? For some reason, humans break the “rules” to achieve some sense of language convenience. This has been the case with “moreso,” the non-standard variant of “more so” which is used to either intensify or recall ideas in sentences. Now, without much …
At least once in our lifetime, punctuation marks have tripped us up. Some punctuation marks may be pretty easy to use, but others might just be trickier like semicolons, colons, and commas. Commas may not seem that threatening in our ordinary reading and writing days. They do become a burden, though, when they appear in …
Writing may arguably be one of the most creative, albeit tedious, language-related activities. Although writing standards seem far less rigid in the digital world, the academic and professional fields require otherwise. Punctuations and cohesive devices alike do have the ability to make us feel confused, nonetheless anxious. As an attempt to help in the mentioned …