by Murugaraj | Mar 16, 2023 | Agreement, Grammar
One of the common problems a copyeditor faces is the identification of the right subject for the verb. As easy as it seems, subject identification is not always straightforward, especially when the subject involves phrases or clauses (or both). Even careful...
by Murugaraj | Apr 2, 2015 | Grammar
The last post explained how restrictive (or defining) relative clauses create a proper subset of a set. In other words, these clauses classify the noun into two: one that is governed by the relative clause definition; the other that is not. But an important...
by Murugaraj | Mar 26, 2015 | Grammar
All right, now I got your question – rather, questions. Who’s Mr Venn? Why would he come to teach English? What is he teaching now? Before you inundate me with all those questions, let me tell you about him. John Venn, FRS, FSA (4 August 1834 – 4 April...
by Murugaraj | Jul 22, 2012 | Grammar
Commas are most probably the tiniest creature that can cause heartbreaks to any copy editor. The simple reason is that they are not solely governed by rules. Arguably, using commas have as many exceptions as there are rules. Consider such as for example. The such as...
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