Today (9/24/10) is National Punctuation Day! Time to party it up! Here are some ways to get maximum enjoyment out of N.P.D. (I was going to say “maximum fun-age”, but that seemed to be an egregious error on N.P.D.) 1. Make a toast to N.P.D. with a 1:00 Sunrise (correct use of our friend the [...]

“It’s” is a contraction.  It stands for “it is”.  For example,  “Don’t you know it’s gonna be alright”.  “Its” (without the apostrophe) is possessive.  It means something belongs to “it”.  For example, “Revolution is one of the best Beatles songs.  You should recognize its lyrics by now.”   If you want to see a veritable smorgasbord of [...]

It seems that the word “ironic” is cropping up more and more frequently. Except 9 times out of 10 it is used incorrectly. A lot of people use “ironic” to mean that something is kind of out of place or odd. For example, you tell your friend, “I never liked tomatoes, but I was named [...]

A “moot point” is most commonly defined as a topic that is considered to be irrelevant. In other words, the issue has been settled and there is no point in discussing it any further. For example, “John argued that he wanted to go the beach this weekend, but I told him it’s a moot point, [...]