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Month: February 2026

Whose rules are we calling “the” rules?

Rules were meant for . . . bending? All over this website/blog, you will find me interpreting grammar rules and proposing ways to not just “adhere to the rules, dammit! That’s why they’re called rules, dammit!”, but to utilize the rules as resources. And understanding these resources reveals options to help you communicate with free…

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Less is “more or less”. . . LESS!

Forget the cliché: Less, usually, is . . . LESS! Unfortunately, most people (maybe you, at least until now!) want any and all written “explanations,” including grammatical, “brief and to the point.” But that just leaves you only partially understanding things, which can cause more problems than it fixes. Sometimes people “half-understand” a new (to…

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