Grammar & Style Posts
Grammar, usage, and style for writers: parts of speech, hyphens and spelling, profanity, and the small choices that decide how a sentence reads.
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Post Apocalyptic or Post-Apocalyptic or Postapocalyptic?
A tongue-in-cheek case for dropping the hyphen from "post-apocalyptic"—and why search engines and plain laziness might matter more than the rulebook.
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The Nine Parts of Speech and the F Word
A shamelessly profane grammar lesson proving that one very specific word can stand in for all nine parts of speech.