Weblog Sin Pies

By Charley Daniels

If you’re like most English-speakers, you have many writing and/or word questions. When that happens, you either look things up (snooze) or just think, “Hmm. That is a mystery. Oh well,” and then you go on your merry way. Neither of those is the optimal choice. For the former solution, you check some chump dictionary or other book that will lie there passively, delivering the answer but providing you with no memorable experience. I mean, do you want a reference scenario where you look something up and you’re done, where you’ve helped yourself but no one else? In the latter solution, you just sort of give up. What the hell kind of crap is that?

When you need language advice, why not come here, to Weblog Sin Pies, where I’ll not only answer [most] of your English usage-related questions in a [fairly] timely manner, but I’ll [usually] make it interesting and respond in ways that will [in some cases] help you remember the [tainted] information you’re given! Note: Please don’t make your decision about whether to seek advice from me based on my own writing. That ain’t cool.

“Who” or “whom”? Semicolon, em dash, or period? Why can’t I end a sentence with a preposition? “Ho” or “hoe”? Well, what are you waiting for? Submit questions here.

And in case I’ve already got you wondering, the answer to all of the above example questions is: It depends. Can you be more specific?