“Oftentimes, people meet our writing before they meet us; our writing is our first impression.People read our résumés, cover letters, proposals, and emails, and that's the basis on which we are judged first. If our writing is full of grammar… — Jenny Baranick Copy Share Image
“The difference between lay and lie is like the difference between sadism and masochism: one means doing something to someone (or something) else, while… — Jenny Baranick Copy Share Image
“We use the en dash when we want to express a range of values: Goldilocks will only sleep on Egyptian cotton sheets with a… — Jenny Baranick Copy Share Image
“Lacks commitment: I suppose I could marry Dan. Acknowledges commitment: I’m supposed to marry Dan.” — Jenny Baranick Copy Share Image
“First impressions stick. That’s why it’s so important that we do tedious things like remember to wear deodorant, brush our teeth, and insert commas… — Jenny Baranick Copy Share Image
“The semicolon, my friends, is the punctuation mark we use to join two complete sentences. When we want to separate two complete sentences, we… — Jenny Baranick Copy Share Image
“Guys who kiss like they’re giving CPR should have to attend kissing classes. If I take out “who kiss like they’re giving CPR,” this… — Jenny Baranick Copy Share Image
“You may think that you don't need to worry about actually learning the grammar rules because spell check and grammar check will come to… — Jenny Baranick Copy Share Image
“In high school, I was such a slut. And I was not alone; most girls in my high school were total sluts. We didn’t… — Jenny Baranick Copy Share Image
“I am the English teacher who teaches the “boring stuff”— I teach a class on grammar called Writing Skills. My students think I love… — Jenny Baranick Copy Share Image
“A comma splice means that a comma has been inserted between two complete sentences.” — Jenny Baranick Copy Share Image
“Incorrect: I use to be the most popular guy in school, but now I am the Thursday night trivia king at the local bar.… — Jenny Baranick Copy Share Image
“We might also want to use a semicolon to hold together two sentences to avoid giving the reader too much time to think about… — Jenny Baranick Copy Share Image
