Tag: grammar

• Take That, AP Style! Court of Law Rules the Oxford Comma Necessary

  Happy National Grammar Day!  Here’s a post from The Write Life on the Oxford comma debate. I adhere to this rule in my own writing and in the writings of those I edit. The reasons for using it are explained below. This settles the Oxford comma debate! Except…it goes against AP style. Here’s an overview…

  P. C. Zick

  March 4, 2020

  Ramblings of a Writer

  commas, editing, grammar, writing

• Writing Rules – Simple and True

  By Patricia Zick @PCZick When I taught high school English, I always had at least one student – usually a female – who concentrated more on her presentation than the substance of her work. When the term paper was due, I’d receive a beautiful folder with lots of clip art designs on the cover. I…

  P. C. Zick

  February 28, 2013

  Ramblings of a Writer, Style and Grace, Writing Tips

  authors, blog, English, fiction, grammar, J.D. Salinger, novel, The Catcher in the Rye, traditional publishing, writers, writing

• To Which or To That. . .

  By Patricia Zick @PCZick that is the question, which I pose today. It’s always good to review the rules of grammar. Here’s an excellent article from Writer’s Digest on the vagaries of the not so interchangeable which and that. I probably need to read it a couple of times, even though I thought I knew…

  P. C. Zick

  August 17, 2012

  Ramblings of a Writer, Writing Tips

  grammar, writers, Writers Digest, writing