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All About Chicago
Chicago, Illinois, is known as the Windy City. The name may come from the breezes off Lake Michigan or the braggadocious population, no one knows for sure. But its rapid growth from a humble…Celebrity Playlists
Here's a sampling of songs some celebrities have loaded on their iPods. President Bush “Centerfield,” John Fogerty “Brown-Eyed Girl,” Van Morrison “(You’re So Square) Baby, I Don’t Care,” Joni…Summer 1900 Olympics Leading Medal Winners
Number of individual medals won on the left; gold, silver and bronze breakdown to the right. Men No Sport G-S-B 5 Irving Baxter, USA Track/Field 2-3-0 5 John W.…Adjectives Versus Adverbs: Tough Sledding: Using Adjectives After Linking Verbs
Tough Sledding: Using Adjectives After Linking VerbsAdjectives Versus AdverbsIntroductionThree Degrees of SeparationTough Sledding: Using Adjectives After Linking VerbsA Note on Adjectives and…Common Usage Dilemmas: Mixed Metaphors: A Dollar Late and a Day Short
Mixed Metaphors: A Dollar Late and a Day ShortCommon Usage DilemmasIntroductionDangling Modifiers: CounterintelligenceMisplaced Modifiers: Lost and FoundMixed Metaphors: A Dollar Late and a Day…Guide to Spelling: Hooked on Phonics: Introduction
IntroductionGuide to Spelling: Hooked on PhonicsIntroductionIf U Cn Reed This …Quick and Dirty Tricks of the TradeAttaching Prefixes and Suffixes: Bits and PiecesContractions: Suck It InFollow the…Guide to Spelling: Hooked on Phonics: Quick and Dirty Tricks of the Trade
Quick and Dirty Tricks of the TradeGuide to Spelling: Hooked on PhonicsIntroductionIf U Cn Reed This …Quick and Dirty Tricks of the TradeAttaching Prefixes and Suffixes: Bits and PiecesContractions:…Phrases: Prepositional Phrases: The Big Daddy of Phrases
Prepositional Phrases: The Big Daddy of PhrasesPhrasesIntroductionPrepositional Phrases: The Big Daddy of PhrasesAppositives: Something More for Your MoneyVerbal Phrases: Talk Soup You Could Look…Punctuation: Not Separated at Birth: The Dash and the Hyphen (and Let's Add the Ellipsis for Fun)
Not Separated at Birth: The Dash and the Hyphen (and Let's Add the Ellipsis for Fun)PunctuationPunctuation MattersPeriod, Question Mark, Exclamation Mark: The End of the LineThe Comma: A Major…Punctuation: The Colon: What a Party Animal
The Colon: What a Party AnimalPunctuationPunctuation MattersPeriod, Question Mark, Exclamation Mark: The End of the LineThe Comma: A Major PlayerThe Semicolon: Love Child of the Comma and the…