In school, I was taught about conjunctions (e.g. or and and) and the role they play in sentence structure – they are linking words. They do what they say on the tin: con-(i.e. with) and -junction (i.e ...
“There are two types of people: those who use the Oxford comma; and those who don’t, but should.” …but also, the use of a colon and semicolon may allude to the core of my problem with ‘laziness’ ...
A Variety headline posted on social media drew some laughs recently. “Trammell Tillman on ‘Severance’ Delays, Coming Out as Gay and Tom Cruise.” “He’s gay AND Tom Cruise?” one observer mused. “He ...