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Tricky Subjects (news, scissors, -ics, titles)
Is the news singular? Are scissors always plural? The odd nouns that don't play by the rules
AgreementTricky Subjects (news, scissors, -ics, titles)
The news are good looks right — learn which tricky words always stay singular
AgreementNotional vs Formal Concord
Grammar says "none is"; everyone you know says "none are" — which one actually wins
AgreementNotional vs Formal Concord
None of my friends are coming sounds right — the rule that follows meaning, not grammar
AgreementAdvanced Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement
"Everyone should send their availability" felt fine until someone asked whose "their" that even is
AgreementAdvanced Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement
Everyone should bring their book looks fine — learn how pronouns should really match their owners
CapitalsCapitalising the First Word of a Sentence
Re-reading that 4:55 Friday email, the second paragraph forgets to capitalise a sentence
CapitalsProper Nouns & Proper Adjectives — The Core Rule
Your essay gets a pink underline under 'romeo' — proper nouns and adjectives, capitalised for good
CapitalsSpecial Capitalisation Cases: Getting "I", Acronyms, Brand Styling and Religious Terms Right
IPhone lowercases its own name, yet English never lowercases I — the quirks worth knowing
CapitalsCapitalisation in Letters, Emails, Headings & Lists
Stuck between Dear and Hi with an empty subject line — capitalisation for emails, headings and lists, sorted
CapitalsBig Letters, Simple Rules
When a word needs a capital, when it doesn't, and how to stop Sprinkling Them Everywhere
CapitalsTwo Rules Capitals Hang From
Two anchor rules answer most of it — everything else is just one of them stretching