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A medical writer advises how to generalize your language so that it’s compassionate yet comprehensible.

A screenshot of a message from the FTC’s Office of Public Affairs rife with linguistic blunders has prompted pleas for the agency to hire a copy editor.

If you call it an ‘approval process,’ you’re asking for trouble. Get your facts straight and keep your sanity (and your integrity) with this protocol.

The author’s son brought home a handout that explains the basics of great writing. They serve as an important reminder to all scribes.

David Mamet, playwright and executive producer of the CBS drama “The Unit,” sent a memo to the show’s writers that you can apply to pare the waste out of your own content.

Print this list, and post it near your computer.

Edicts about splitting infinitives and ending sentences with prepositions can actually hurt your writing.

Print this out and tack it next to your computer. Your editor, or the people whose writing you edit, will thank you.

Whether you’re still in college or in the workforce looking for a new gig, this advice will help grab the attention of potential employers.

Outside expertise is your best bet, of course, but there are things you can do—and some you shouldn’t—to keep your text as clean and potent as possible.

Focusing on the smallest elements in text can have the biggest effect on your message’s clarity and impact.

Whip your prose into shape with these tips—they work every time. Promise.

From the ‘bee’s knees’ to ‘seeing a man about a horse,’ here are the definitions and origins behind some time-tested (and worn) phrases and words.