Pam Nelson brings Grammar Guide to ACES blog lineup
Copy editor Pam Nelson started the Triangle Grammar Guide at the News & Observer in 2005 as a way to help readers, as well as journalists, understand the English language. Now her grammar guide has...
View ArticleCelebrate National Grammar Day in verse — for fun and prizes
Haiku of grammar / Provide a warm escape from / A wintery mix The spring equinox is still a month away, but a young grammarian’s fancy turns to thoughts of spring once National Grammar Day hits. Word...
View ArticleMy time at Comma-Con: A student perspective on ACES 2015
I did not know what to expect when I signed up to volunteer at the ACES conference. It seemed like a few things: a completely new experience, a good networking opportunity, an excuse to come to...
View ArticleWhat starts with A and ends with ZZZ? A day to celebrate dictionaries
Today is National Dictionary Day. Why? Because Noah Webster was born on this date in 1758. Trivia fact No. 1: That makes him 200 years older than me. Title page of “A Dictionary of the English...
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