“One of the most pressing questions of our time is arguably this: Does size matter? Is it about quantity or quality? Is it the size of the boat or the motion of the ocean? Is it the length of the… — 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 in the correct places. I mean, imagine what you would think of me if these were the first sentences of mine that you met: When I eat my sister always picks off my plate. If you’re… — Jenny Baranick Copy Share
“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 your rescue. And I get it: spell check and grammar check are great. Every time I spot a red or green line in my writing, I check it out, and many times, although I hate to… — Jenny Baranick Copy Share
“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 the first sentence before we hit them with the second one. For example, let’s say that I was writing an email to my husband explaining why the bank account might not be quite as full as… — Jenny Baranick Copy Share
