PinnedPublished inAbout Me StoriesAbout Me — Karen DeGroot CarterAuthor. Editor. Poet. Mom. Also a total grammar geek and word nerd.Oct 29, 2020A response icon24Oct 29, 2020A response icon24
Published inThe Writing CooperativeRules Related to the Oxford Comma RevisitedIncluding why not using the Oxford comma in a list may require a punctuation switchJun 15A response icon7Jun 15A response icon7
Published inThe Writing CooperativeHow to Use Creative Collective Nouns to Add Color to Your WritingPlus the medieval source of many well-known — and less well-known — collective nouns related to wildlifeMay 18A response icon1May 18A response icon1
Published inThe Writing CooperativeHow to Correctly Use Commas with the Subordinating Conjunction “While” in Your WritingAnd why the rules differ depending on meaning and placement in a sentenceApr 27A response icon4Apr 27A response icon4
Published inThe Writing CooperativeHow to Correctly Use Common Descriptive Latin Terms in Your WritingAnd whether to italicize or hyphenate “ad hoc,” “bona fide,” “de facto,” or “per diem”Apr 6A response icon5Apr 6A response icon5
Published inThe Writing CooperativeCommon Punctuation Marks RevisitedAnd why it helps to understand their intended as well as general useMar 9A response icon6Mar 9A response icon6
Published inThe Writing CooperativeQuestioning the Question of Which Pronouns to Use after “Than,” “As,” or “Like” in ComparisonsAnd why this is such a widely debated issue among word nerdsJan 19A response icon3Jan 19A response icon3
Published inHooked on BooksGrit and Grace Fuel THE FOUR FACES OF EVE Anthology from Colorado-based Mad Women’s Poetry Society…Due out from Golden Antelope Press in February 2025Jan 2A response icon1Jan 2A response icon1
Published inThe Writing CooperativeAll About Portmanteau WordsIncluding who coined the term for the clever combinations he introduced to the English languageDec 8, 2024A response icon5Dec 8, 2024A response icon5
Published inThe Writing CooperativeHow U.S. and British English Treat Collective Nouns and Related Pronouns DifferentlyAnd why it’s important to pay attention to such differences in your writingNov 17, 2024A response icon2Nov 17, 2024A response icon2
