List of All Articles with Tag 'writing'

‘Less’ versus ‘fewer’ is pretty straightforward. ‘Less than’ vs. ‘fewer than’ is slightly less so. Here’s how to get it right every time.

Don’t get embarrassed if you can’t spell ‘embarrass.’ It’s apparently—not ‘apparantly’—a pretty common error.

This is the former president's fourth criminal indictment - he faces 78 charges from three other cases.

You can’t spell ‘hearty’ without ‘heart,’ or ‘hardy’ without ‘hard.’

Invented by Louis Braille in 1824, the tactile braille system has helped blind people read and write for nearly 200 years.

‘Of course’ is one of the most versatile ‘yes’ synonyms we have. But what does it actually mean?

All you need for this easy grammar check is a couple of pronouns you already know how to use correctly.

The ‘laying vs. lying’ situation is tricky—but direct objects can help.

James Baldwin's novel 'Giovanni’s Room' was rejected by editors and publishers before it was eventually released in 1956.

Parents of two of the three children killed during the shooting at The Covenant School in Nashville expressed their pain and loss in filed declarations asking the court to deny Freedom of Information Act requests for the release of the school shooter's writings.

Almost every syllabus, teacher, and standardized test requires a No. 2 pencil. Are there other choices out there?

The best children’s books of all time include works by J.R.R. Tolkien, Maurice Sendak, Louisa May Alcott, and more.