Should we treat social media as a singular or a plural noun? The Latin scholars among us will point out that media is the plural of medium, and we should therefore use a plural verb with media. But English is not particularly accurate when it comes to Latin words. read more
Grammatically, "media" is a plural noun. But take a look at that last sentence; the verb is plural because "media" is understood as "the word, media" and thus has a singular sense. read more
In my job as the social media editor for MediaShift, I’m used to fitting big ideas into tight spaces. But recently, in the fray of 140-character editing, I struggled to condense a curious statistic. Finishing up, I double-checked grammar, the link, and clicked “submit” as usual. read more