That graph gives me the giggles like CRAZY. I love that the “no” description is misspelled. Oh, man.

Also, Blood-Red Pencil has some tips on capitalization, which came up recently on someone else’s LJ.

“If I were”/”If I was” — I run into this question a lot in my proofreading, and so this simple explanation really worked for me: “If I/she/he/it were” is used when the situation is outside reality, while “was” is used when the situation is within reality. This post has great examples.

How to tell whether to use “did” or “had”.

Linking this because I thought the original use of the word “faggot” was pretty interesting!

What the word “epithet” really means.

“Like if” versus “as if”.

More on my own personal proofreading demon: lay, lie, laid.

What’s the difference between an emission and an omission? LOL

(Also, try to remember that compliment and complement are not the same word.)

What to do with past tense: sneak/snuck/sneaked? kneel/knelt/kneeled?

Why dashes and ellipses are not commas.

A discussion about breaking up long paragraphs.