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Think back to a time when you first met someone, and you perhaps wanted to tell them you would like to speak to them again. To communicate this sentiment, you might use the phrase “Looking forward to talking to you.” It is perfectly acceptable to say “Looking forward to talking to you” to someone when …

Is it proper grammar to say, “I look forward to speaking with you”? The short answer is, yes. Yet sticklers for formally correct grammar may insist that native English speakers would prefer, or even insist, that the proper phrasing is “I look forward to speaking to you.” The phrases “I look forward to speaking with …

Ones and zeros, everything in life is just ones and zeros, or is it ones and zeroes? We can make things either incredibly simple or incredibly difficult by reducing everything to ones and zeros, whatever that means, but, for now, we need to decide, is it “zeros” or “zeroes”? Zero can be used as either …

While the apostrophe may be the bane of many a middle schooler’s existence, the tricky apostrophe can trip up adults just the same. Many of us think we understand the rules governing plural and possessive forms, but misuse is prevalent. The word “class’s” is the singular possessive form of the word “class.” The plural possessive …

Shakespeare wrote, “All debts are cleared between you and I.” It is a lovely sentiment, but, unfortunately, it is also grammatically incorrect, as he should have said, “between you and me.” The use of “I” and “me,” especially when used in these phrases, can seem very similar, but they are definitely very different and we …

With so many signs and symbols in mathematics, it is sometimes hard to decipher or even understand what each one stands for. For instance, the backward 3 symbol (ε) — what does it mean, and how do mathematicians use it in equations?  The ε symbol, also known as epsilon, represents the closest number to zero, …