He Said, She Said
Here’s a worthy bit of advice–only use speaker tags when needed. Too many writers feel they have to put “he…
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Keeping Up with the Joneses
Apostrophes seem to give people a hard time. I’m not sure why. I have to restrain myself when I see…
Numbers and Numerals Count
A few handy rules about numbers and numerals: Don’t put the letter A in front of numeric values. Don’t say,…
This Blog Comprises Three Short Paragraphs
Okay, this is going to be a short but concise post here. Repeat after me: “The whole comprises the parts…
To Italicize or Not to Italicize? A Rule of Thumb
Writers need to know what types of terms are put in italics. Think in terms of relative size. Shorter works…
Are You Coordinating?
I think one of the more subtle problems in punctuation is understanding a coordinate adjective and when to use a…
Do You Know When to Use (Those) Parentheses?
Parentheses sometimes confuse writers. When you want to put something in parentheses within a sentence, the ending punctuation goes outside…
Don’t “Try and” Do Anything!
One of my big pet peeves is the “try and” construction, which many writers fall victim to because we have…
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