Sometimes acronyms can help us remember terms, but they don’t help us understand how to use them. After 20+ years of teaching grammar and composition, I can teach you how to not only remember the acronyms, but also use and punctuate them correctly. In a previous Grammar Tip Tuesday post, I first broke down the "Big Three" acronyms that help us remember how to vary sentence structure. If you missed it, you can catch up here . But, I've learned from experience that knowing how to decode...

A grammar post about what appositives are and how to use them in your writing For this Grammar Tip Tuesday, I decided to spread some "appositive" vibes and give those wanting to improve their grammar a few tips on how to recognize and use appositives and appositive phrases. As a former composition and grammar teacher, I spent most of my time trying to find ways to explain grammar in ways that were clear and easy to remember. So let's get into what an appositive is and isn't. What is an...

Using quotations or "quotes" correctly can get confusing, especially when the rules on how and when to use them can change depending on...