grammar Archives - Charlotte Rains Dixon

The Misuse of the Apostrophe

I'm not one of those writers who considers herself a grammar geek, though there are plenty of you out there, I know. I'm more of an intuitive type when it comes to grammar. But there are a few things that, when misused, make me crazy. And I want to discuss one of those things today. […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 11 years ago11/03/2015

Grammar

A Short Post on the SemiColon

Awhile ago, I wrote a short post on commas, confessing that it was a short post because I really didn't know much about them. One of my writing friends, Anthony (who is not only an amazing writer but a judge, for God's sake) suggested I write a post about semicolons. Sure thing, I wrote him […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 12 years ago11/03/2015

Writing

Sharpening Pencils

This morning I was working on my daily 15 minutes devoted to the realization that I have no logic skills whatsoever, otherwise known as solving a Sudoku puzzle, when it occurred to me that my pencils needed sharpening. Now I'm bad enough at Sudoku without having also to contend with blurry-pointed pencils. The boxes in […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 16 years ago11/03/2015