SleuthSayers: A Semifinal Word on Semicolons by John Floyd

SleuthSayers: A Semifinal Word on Semicolons:   Semicolonoscopy [sim-i-co-lun-OS-cah-pee] – An examination to detect abnormalities in the use of a certain mark of punctuation. ...

SleuthSayers: Do's and Don'ts, Wills and Won'ts, Part 2 by John Floyd

SleuthSayers: Do's and Don'ts, Wills and Won'ts, Part 2: Back again. This is the second part of a two-column discussion about the craft of writing and the so-called "rules" writers sho...

SleuthSayers: Do's and Don'ts, Wills and Won'ts, Part 1 by John Floyd

SleuthSayers: Do's and Don'ts, Wills and Won'ts, Part 1: I had planned a different column for today, but some things I've seen over the past two weeks have steered me in another direction. (...

SleuthSayers: Bending The Bar by Steve Liskow

SleuthSayers: Bending The Bar: by Steve Liskow I attended high school so long ago that my class used Roman Numerals. My ninth-grade English teacher was the sister of Pul...

SleuthSayers: Dreyer's English

SleuthSayers: Dreyer's English: by John M. Floyd The other day I discovered, while piddling around on Amazon, a book called Dreyer's English--An Utterly Correct Gu...

SleuthSayers: Where's a Grammar Cop When You Need One? by John M. Floyd

SleuthSayers: Where's a Grammar Cop When You Need One?: by John M. Floyd I doubt the Grammar Police are always pleased with me. I make a lot of mistakes, stylewise, in my fiction writing. Som...