Webchat: David Marsh answers your questions about grammar

Editor of the Guardian Style Guide and author of a new book, For Who the Bell Tolls, will be joining our live webchat from 12pm GMT, Friday 1 November

How many people reading this can say, hand on heart, that they are 100% confident about all aspects of English grammar? I'm assuming only a small minority have raised a hand. For the rest, our webchat with David Marsh, editor of the Guardian Style Guide, may provide some help.

If you're one of those who have sweated over unwittingly showing your ignorance of "correct English" by misusing a comma or hyphen in an email to, say, a potential employer, or perhaps worse, in a tweet to the whole world, then this is your moment. And while we're on the subject; what is the correct way to begin an email to a potential boss? Dear? To? Hi? And can I begin this sentence with "and"?

Join Marsh on Friday 1 November, for answers all your questions on the subject. His masterclass starts at 12noon (GMT) but you are welcome to start posting your question in the thread below, and then come back on Friday to join in the conversation.

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