Subject and verb agreement (Lorraine likes grammar, they like being fashionably late) is easy when it’s clear who or what the subject is. But how about “one in ten employees is unhappy at work”?

Should there be spaces either side of the slash (/)? The short answer is ‘no’.

What’s the difference between bring and take? Why does “what are we bringing to the party” mean something very different to “what are we taking to the party”?

When should you use an exclamation mark?

Emails, texting and social media have turned what was a relatively rare punctuation mark into a something of an invasion.

Brackets and full stops seem to be a constant issue when I’m proofreading.

Put the full stop INSIDE the brackets when the words in brackets make a full sentence. Put the full stop OUTSIDE the brackets when the words in brackets are part of a sentence.