Rule of English Archives

Sale vs Sell: What’s the Difference (and When to Use Each)

I still cringe thinking about this one Sale vs Sell. Back in college, I stood up to present a marketing…

A few years ago, I sent a client report that included the line “please review for any oversite before we…

Both spellings are correct. Optimize is the American English spelling, and optimise is the British English spelling (also used in…

Short answer: “Hope you are doing well” is fine to use in casual writing, but it’s technically an incomplete sentence…

Common alternatives to “rest in peace” include “rest easy,” “may they Other Ways to Say Rest in Peace,” “gone but…

Digress means to move away from the main topic when speaking or writing, usually temporarily, before returning to it. It’s…

“What happened?” is correct when you’re asking about something that already occurred. “What happen” on its own is not standard…

Hasn’t is the contraction of “has not.” Use it with he, she, it, or any singular noun — for example,…

Hooplehead is an informal noun meaning a foolish, clueless, or uneducated person — a lighthearted insult similar to “blockhead” or…

“Everything” (one word) is correct in almost all writing. It’s a singular indefinite pronoun meaning “all things,” and it always…