Grammar & Usage  Sorted by:    Choosing When to Use Who and Whom
The whole topic of pronouns is enough to give you a headache,
but the time has come to put to rest one of the peskiest pronoun
problems once and for all. [more…]  Using Apostrophes to Show
Possession  Apostrophes are those little curved marks you see
hanging from certain letters. They look harmless enough, so why
do even well educated people throw them where they don't belong
and leave them out where [more…]  Setting Down the Spelling
Rules   Living Better with Better Grammar   Using Em Dashes and
En Dashes Properly  Although they are each a simple horizontal
line, hyphens and the various dashes have their own appearances
and specific uses. The shortest and most common is the hyphen,
which is used for clarifying open [more…]  Committing a Few
Number-Editing Rules to Memory  Most rules are rife with
exceptions in the publishing industry, but a few are so standard
and ubiquitous that they're well worth memorizing. One set of
rules that are pretty