Nouns like "people" and "money" are already plural, meaning they don't need as "s" at the end. Yet many still pluralize already plural words.
The serial comma is used in everyday written English except in journalism writing. It is meant to clear up ambiguity, but is removing the comma really necessary?
After a not-so-short hiatus, I’m back to stand on my giant soapbox and preach the good word of the Grammar Gods. Please, don’t run away just yet. I’m not one of those Turlington troublemakers who calls everyone a sinner and, well, other words I can’t get away with saying on this blog. All I want to do is pass out some electronic illiteracy-is-of-the-devil shirts. And rant. Can’t forget that.
When UF junior Gloria Tavarez wakes up in the morning, she harvests her crops.
Odds are you've read a blog. Blogs are all over the Internet these days, and they cover basically every topic you can ever think of. Yes, We Can Hold Babies is an example of how any random topic can become a blog, and an entertaining one at that.
Even though the Internet has created a more casual version of the English language, iTz NaWt AxEpTaBlE 2 tYp lYk DiS. Here are three tips for sounding professional in e-mails.
At about 15 inches tall, Shoot 'Em Up, the beer-pong playing robot created by UF electrical engineering senior Jamie Unger-Fink, can aim and launch a ping-pong ball at a targeted red Solo cup eight times in a row.
Elizabeth Jones used to ask questions about relationships and family.
If Deborah Kenner has paper in front of her, she's probably doodling.
Solutions by The State News
