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 CooperativeTips Regarding Irregular Verbs That Follow Patterns in Certain Past TensesIncluding when to use “sprang” versus “sprung”2d agoA response icon52d agoA response icon5
Published inThe Writing CooperativeRarely Used English Words From the Past to Use NowIncluding some fun “reduplicated compounds” and two terms perfect for spooky seasonOct 5A response icon5Oct 5A response icon5
Published inThe Writing CooperativeThe Many Moods of Modal Auxiliary VerbsAnd whether “also” should precede or follow modals in most casesSep 7A response icon4Sep 7A response icon4
Published inThe Writing CooperativeHow to Use ‘Appraise’ vs.As well as other commonly confused words, including doublets (AKA “etymological twins”)Aug 17A response icon2Aug 17A response icon2
Published inThe Writing CooperativeThe Nuts and Bolts of Nongradable AdjectivesAnd why it’s best to leave the indisputably absolute aloneJul 27A response icon3Jul 27A response icon3
Published inThe Writing CooperativeCompound Adjectives That Always Take a HyphenEven when they don’t precede nounsJun 29A response icon8Jun 29A response icon8
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 icon8Jun 15A response icon8
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 icon5Apr 27A response icon5
