So we've done participles and gerunds, and because @glamAtude asked whether we could talk about appositives, here we go: An appositive is a word or phrase that follows a noun and gives more ...

Sign up for the daily CJR newsletter. Commas are wonderful tools. They tell a reader to pause, as this one did. They can also tell a reader that some information ...

Several years back, I was roundly criticized for using the one-word “sometime” and the restrictive noun phrase “my wife Leonor” in this lead sentence of a column of mine: “Sometime ago, my wife Leonor ...

Just in case you aren't keenly aware yet of their value, the skillful use of appositives is an open secret to more engaging and lively writing. An appositive is a noun form that often comes directly ...