Hardest style/grammar rules to get right

I haven't told you lately how much I love you, have I?

 

Still not lately enough.

Hint hint.

 

It's not a grammar rule. It's a style rule. Those shops aren't ignoring anything.

 

This. I word around lay/lie on the few occasions I have to use one of them.

 

Win is not a noun.

There is no such thing as a quarterback completing passes to seven different receivers. Seven receivers is fine.

Amazing how many world-class columnists and writers get those two wrong.

 

Check your dictionary on that one.

 

Or: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/win?s=t

 

Sure. That works, too.

 

Guilty as charged on the count of seven different receivers. Stuff like this is why this site is worth it, not the endless snark.

 

The easiast way I ever heard to know the difference is to replace who/whom with him. If the sentence works with him use whom - m goes with m. If you need he to make the sentence work use who (of course, you need to forget gender rules for this)

 

Its/their

 

Oh, but Gump, the snark. THE SNARK!