thebrinkofJul 1, 20153 min readHowever: Alpha or Omega?When I was in my upper 30s, working with the Palm Beach Post, I came across a piece written by the copy chief that had the...
thebrinkofNov 28, 20143 min readThe comma: common but crucialPreventive Gerontologist, Dr. Arnold Bretsky, recommends this … That’s the beginning of a sentence from a newspaper advertorial urging...
thebrinkofAug 16, 20143 min read“This, that” or “This and that”?Give me an and, the grammar cheerleader in me wants to shout. disjointed You’d think people had an allergy to and. These days, this...
thebrinkofJul 8, 20142 min readCut the commaDo you ever read a newspaper story, an advertisement, an essay or some other piece of literature and feel as though you’re being jerked...
thebrinkofMay 28, 20141 min readThe Uncommon CommaNo Commoners Here My all-time favorite cartoon appeared in The New Yorker a few decades ago. A woman in a long formal gown and...