Trying to describe a person who is easily offended by incorrect usage and is quick to point out mistakes...please don't say a High School English teacher, but you know the type. Also looking for something as simple as a person who is an expert

Hello all, Here are my two bits. Holland is not quite a nickname. Industry and, especially, a brewer of beer in green bottles have long been promoting the misnomer "Holland" because it saves some time and ink. They even use it as an

Hi, I am in a debate over the following sentence... " I wouldn't call it a "problem", but it would be nice to be around more smarter people." I feel that the usage of 'more smarter people' is

I am in a debate over the following sentence... " I wouldn't call it a "problem", but it would be nice to be around more smarter people." I feel that the usage of 'more smarter people' is worded

Here in the United States, most usage experts advise using "anymore" as as adverb that modifies a verb: "I don't read newspapers anymore." In "No, thanks. I don't want any more," you have an adjective

Every single one of this is incorrect. There is no gray area with this issue. There is always ONLY one option for choosing me, myself, or I. Never are any of these words interchangeable. A, B, C, and G should all use "me" because

1) Following is the excerpt from the book, 'China : A history' authored by John Keay. ... So the rise of a new dynasty was heralded by a rash of favorable omen s , none more so than the excavation of some hoary artefact.

Not a rule, I think, Mario, though the adjective 'new' should modify what you want it to modify, and here it is obviously 'pair', since the speaker already had an old pair, which was worn out or was an old prescription. The reason I say no rule,

Hello! I am an English teacher in Japan. I hve come accross the question of usage of "a pair of" with adjectives. For example, we say: "I bought a new pair of shoes", "I got a new pair of black socks", and

To quote the good Dr : "My position has always...been that ‘right’ and ‘wrong’ are not suitable terms for settling issues of grammar" (same link). So he's as right as he is wrong. I'm sure you noticed that 'Randy' (same link) says "The Oxford