PinnedKaren DeGroot CarterinAbout Me StoriesAbout Me — Karen DeGroot CarterAuthor. Editor. Poet. Mom. Also a total grammar geek and word nerd.Oct 29, 202022Oct 29, 202022
Karen DeGroot CarterinThe Writing CooperativeWhen to Use “Historic” Versus “Historical” in Your WritingAnd whether to precede either adjective with “a” or “an”3d ago23d ago2
Karen DeGroot CarterinThe Writing CooperativeThe Many Types of Clauses, From Coordinate To Subordinate And Everything In BetweenPlus tricks and tips to punctuating different types of clauses correctly in your writingAug 253Aug 253
Karen DeGroot CarterinThe Writing CooperativeTips to Remember When Certain Words Should be Combined into One — and When They Shouldn’tIncluding “anytime” vs. “any time” and “someday” vs. “some day”Aug 46Aug 46
Karen DeGroot CarterinThe Writing CooperativeTwo Tricks to Help You Remember When to Use Commas with Multiple Adjectives in Your WritingAnd why knowing the difference between coordinate and cumulative adjectives mattersJul 144Jul 144
Karen DeGroot CarterinThe Writing CooperativeAll About AP StyleIncluding the focus shift of the AP Stylebook in recent yearsJun 237Jun 237
Karen DeGroot CarterAI Terminology For the Rest of UsFrom computer vision to machine learning and Anthropic to LLaMA, including what GPT in ChatGPT meansJun 51Jun 51
Karen DeGroot CarterinThe Writing CooperativeThe 3 Types of Verbals and How They Function in Your WritingAnd what to watch for when you begin a sentence with one type of verbalJun 210Jun 210
Karen DeGroot CarterinThe Writing CooperativeThe Difference Between “Bare” and “Full” InfinitivesAnd when split infinitives are — and aren’t — problematicMay 123May 123
Karen DeGroot CarterinThe Writing CooperativeWho, Whom, Who’s, and WhoseWhen — and how — to use each in your writingApr 283Apr 283
