When I was a kid, the “Do as I say, not as I do” school of parenting reigned supreme. Those adults lecturing children on the dangers of smoking? Smokers, one and all. Kids would get in big trouble for ...

There are a few rules that are drummed so incessantly into our heads in school that we cannot help but internalize them. One is “No sentence fragments!” Actually, that should be “Don’t use sentence ...

TWO weeks ago, I started a series on sentence errors. Let’s take a look at the corrections of the exercises I shared then. Take out your note and compare the answers, and feel free to email me if ...

The story goes that the Cabinet settled down for a war update one morning. And one of Abraham Lincoln's top advisers gave the group the unwelcome news: A group of Americans considered loyal to the ...

There are a few rules that are drummed so incessantly into our heads in school that we cannot help but internalize them. One is "No sentence fragments!" Actually, that should be "Don't use sentence ...

Blame it all on my British roots, but I’ve never preferred coffee. I like hanging out in coffee shops. I don’t mind smelling like I’ve hung out in a coffee shop all day. But, for me, I like tea. Every ...

A sentence fragment is part of a sentence set off as if it were a complete sentence: Because I didn't care. Being an accident. Although he asked again. Although they're common in speech they should be ...