Punctuating a series of bulleted items, confusing homonyms and the tenses of lie and lay can vex writers in any field. Here is a handful of frequent fumbles, and how to get them right.
Knowing whether you’re a morning person or night owl can help you optimize your creativity, but research says dopamine-boosting activities will help even more. Here’s what that means.
Knowing whether you’re a morning person or night owl can help you optimize your creativity, but research says dopamine-boosting activities will help even more. Here’s what that means.
As new words enter our lexicon, others fall out of favor and into extinction. Here, then, are the fossilized remains of some real corkers.
This batch includes verbal cousins and homophones. Some people misspeak and use the wrong option; in other cases, the written form reveals the error.
Writing anything is hard, much less a blog post that you want thousands of people to read, comment on and share. Lucky for you, this guide can help.
Learn writing mechanics, grammar rules, word histories and more from these useful sites. One even offers rhymes, antonyms and ‘sentences with’ options.
In some instances, it helps you direct the idea that follows; in others, it’s merely an annoying verbal tic. So, use it wisely.
‘Zeitgeisty’? ‘Thought straps’? Just when we thought we’d put a stake through the heart of corporate clichés, a new gaggle of brain-eating monsters staggers forth in time for Halloween.
We’ve heard them spoken frequently, and we guess at their pronunciations. All too often, we’re flat-out wrong.
List articles are ruining online writing, this author says. With no irony intended, here is his list of reasons why we have to stop this content-marketing atrocity before it goes any further.
At some point in your career, you’ll have to write an article about something that doesn’t seem interesting. Use some of these tips to spice up humdrum topics.
Adverbs and adjectives are wonderful helpers, except when they’re not. As in real estate, there are three key factors: location, location, location.
Overuse of this punctuation mark is like giving yourself a nickname or laughing at your own joke. It also spells doom for professional communications. Keep calm, and use a period instead.
It isn’t enough to pack your prose with just any old descriptors. The selection should be both precise and meaningful. Here’s a selection of adjectives that accomplish just that.
