Every year in this column, I give tips for how to avoid the most common writing mistakes in holiday greetings and invitations. And every year, I’m reminded of just how influential I’m not as people ...

How do you make a last name plural, anyway? Here’s a helpful little grammar lesson you didn’t know to ask for (just in time to address all those holiday cards). Should you sign the card, “Love, the ...

Every year stray apostrophes assault me. — -- Nothing quells my Christmas cheer as quickly as a stray apostrophe. Every year they assault me. Usually, it’s in the middle of an otherwise quaint ...

The couple is going to purchase the house? Or the couple are going to purchase the house? Even after all my years of editing, I can still get tripped up trying to make verbs agree with collective ...