I find this fairly straight forward, yet I still trip up on it occasionally. Sometime means eventually, an eventual future. Example: I will get to New York sometime next year. If you can substitute eventually and the sentence still makes sense, use sometime. Some time means an unspecified amount of time. Example: I spent … Continue reading Some Time Vs. Sometime: Another Grammar Lesson
Who vs. That: Another Grammar Lesson
For some reason I’ve been having trouble with when to use who and when to use that lately. I used to have it down, but just like the one time in high school I wrote an entire paper without using than (I had convinced myself it wasn’t a word…), I’ve gotten myself mixed up. Luckily … Continue reading Who vs. That: Another Grammar Lesson
Over vs. More Than: A Grammar Lesson
This is a pet peeve of mine. It drives me crazy. I hear it all the time. In advertisements, in the media and in every day speech. I try not to correct people when they're speaking, but it isn't always so easy to bite my tongue. The only thing I can do is try to … Continue reading Over vs. More Than: A Grammar Lesson