PinnedInAbout Me StoriesbyKaren DeGroot Carter·Oct 29, 2020About Me — Karen DeGroot CarterAuthor. Editor. Poet. Mom. Also a total grammar geek and word nerd.A response icon24A response icon24
InWriters’ BlokkebyKaren DeGroot Carter·2d ago“Shined” vs. “Shone” PLUS “Coincide,” “Correspond,” and “Correlate”— When to Use WhichIncluding whether to use “with” or “to” after some of these commonly confused wordsA response icon2A response icon2
InWriters’ BlokkebyKaren DeGroot Carter·Nov 2A Question of Clarity: Order of AdjectivesHow putting adjectives in a certain order can help improve your writingA response icon1A response icon1
InWriters’ BlokkebyKaren DeGroot Carter·Oct 27How U.S. and British English Treat Collective Nouns and Related Pronouns DifferentlyAnd why it helps to be aware of such differencesA response icon4A response icon4
InWriters’ BlokkebyKaren DeGroot Carter·Oct 20Tricks to Help You Remember U.S.-vs.-British SpellingsAnd why such differences exist in the first placeA response icon2A response icon2
InWriters’ BlokkebyKaren DeGroot Carter·Oct 11The Different Types of Verb TensesAnd how to use them — and sequence of tenses — correctly in your writingA response icon3A response icon3
InWriters’ BlokkebyKaren DeGroot Carter·Oct 4The Many Types of Adjectives, from Coordinate to Compound and BeyondAs well as a few fun facts from two cities I’ve called homeA response icon1A response icon1
InWriters’ BlokkebyKaren DeGroot Carter·Sep 27The Positive Effect of Appositives on Your WritingAnd when to include commas with these nifty words or phrasesA response icon1A response icon1
InWriters’ BlokkebyKaren DeGroot Carter·Sep 20Tips to Remember When Certain Words Should be Combined into One — and When They Shouldn’tIncluding “anytime” vs. “any time” and “someday” vs. “some day”A response icon1A response icon1
InWriters’ BlokkebyKaren DeGroot Carter·Sep 14Tips Related to Commonly Confused WordsPlus a few other writing and editing tricks I’ve learned over the past few decades
