Grammar Grabs

Who vs Whom made easy!

The simplest way to decide whether to use who or whom is to see whether you can replace it with the words he or she. ...
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Government, Parliament & Company – Do they begin with a capital letter?

Words like government, parliament and company do not begin with a capital letter when you are referring to them generally. In these instances, use lowercase. ...
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Do you use a Comma or a Bracket?

When do you use a Comma or a Bracket? Commas are used to: Indicate a short pause in a sentence Separate a group of adjectives ...
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Dash it all! How do you use hyphens and dashes?

Ask an editor and they’ll tell you there are different types of dashes or hyphens. You may have noticed when you are typing that some ...
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Hotly debated – Is it use to or used to?

Personally, I try to avoid using the phrase use to or used to. The reason is simple. Everyone has an opinion so it detracts from ...
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Our great Australian drawl

With our beautiful Australian drawl, when we say words like should’ve, could’ve, would’ve or must’ve, it sounds like we are saying “should of”, “could of”, ...
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