Paul ZablockiinLanguage is easy; writing is hard.I Literally Don’t Care How You Use the Word “Literally”Does your ire fire up when you hear someone use literally in the following context: “She literally chewed my ear off, going on and on…Oct 10, 20141Oct 10, 20141
Paul ZablockiinLanguage is easy; writing is hard.Lay It Down and Lie LowMost Americans cannot tell the difference between the verbs lay (to place) and lie (to recline). It’s a sad truth. Actually, most…Jul 29, 2014Jul 29, 2014
Paul ZablockiThe Strange Case of He Versus Him, and Other Pronoun (Mis)applicationsSometimes proper English sounds strange to us.May 18, 2014May 18, 2014
Paul ZablockiinLanguage & LingusticsThe Closing Quotation Mark DilemmaThree simple rules to keep your punctuation marks in their right placeMar 5, 2014Mar 5, 2014
Paul ZablockiThe Double El(l) DilemmaHow one man’s spelling rules made me a true AmericanFeb 11, 2014Feb 11, 2014
Paul ZablockiGrowing Up in the Presence of SpiritsWhen should children learn about alcohol?Feb 2, 2014Feb 2, 2014