Karen DeGroot Carter's Blog, page 5
September 24, 2023
Ways to Make Compound Possession Less Confounding
And help ensure you’re using possessive compounds correctly in your writing
September 18, 2023
September 10, 2023
More Tips Related to Commonly Confused Words (New Jersey Edition)
Including how to use “who/whom” and “farther/further” correctly in your writing
August 20, 2023
How to Make Compound Nouns Plural in Your Writing
Including some exceptions to common rules related to plural compound nouns
August 6, 2023
July 23, 2023
Tricks Related to Using Commonly Confused Words in Your Writing
Plus a few other writing and editing tricks I’ve learned over the past few decades
July 9, 2023
June 25, 2023
So Much to Know About “So”
Two uses of “so” and how to punctuate it in different instances
June 11, 2023
The Straight Skinny on Semicolons (aka “Supercommas”)
Including when they really should be used in your writing
May 28, 2023
Adverbs Revisited II: Conjunctive Adverbs
Including what punctuation to use based on where a conjunctive adverb is located in a sentence
