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Word Confusion: Fewer versus Less
by Kathy Davie Image courtesy of the Language Log It’s a question of count versus mass. If you can count how many—vacuum cleaners, apples, werewolves, quilts, etc.—it’s a count… more →
KD DID IT Takes on Books
What have I learnt from editing and revising my manuscript?
wrote 5 minutes ago: Over the last three weeks I’ve been re-writing my first novel. With a particular and important goal … more →
Word Confusion: Fewer versus Less
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wrote 36 minutes ago: by Kathy Davie Image courtesy of the Language Log It’s a question of count versus mass. If you … more →
It's Tobey Maguire and Quai Laubeuf
wrote 58 minutes ago: At least it should be Tobey Maguire and Quai Laubeuf in this photo caption from Yahoo! Movies: Appar … more →
The Importance of Beta Readers
wrote 1 hour ago: I’m sure that most experienced writers know the importance of having beta readers take a look at you … more →
Pause for thought
wrote 3 hours ago: I have just had a very trying weekend. You see, last week I finally made myself prepare a “pa … more →
Jumpstart Your Written Communication Skills
wrote 9 hours ago: By Monica Y. Jackson, Ph.D., MBA The goal of this quarterly column is to help readers take the initi … more →
A Different Way to Social Network
wrote 10 hours ago: My normal Saturday starts shortly before 10:00 a.m. Central time, when I host a micro-fiction writin … more →
Diagramming Versus Parsing
wrote 12 hours ago: One of the most important skills to possess in regards to editing is sentence analysis. To tell if … more →
Foregone conclusion
wrote 18 hours ago: So, I was expecting a list of all the categories of weird ballpark food when I read this on Yahoo! S … more →
It's like a Tom-Hanks movie
wrote 1 day ago: What was the writer for yahoo.com thinking? Putting a hyphen in Triple Crown (even when it’s u … more →
Something's afoot and it's not good
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wrote 1 day ago: It’s not the worst typo a writer can make, but it’s an easy one to spot if you’re … more →
End the reign of error!
wrote 2 days ago: It’s not unusual to make a teensy, weensy mistake when you’re writing. A simple typo, li … more →
What was the name of that movie?
wrote 2 days ago: It’s one of the simplest rules of punctuation, and yet one of the most frequently ignored by t … more →
Word Confusion: Farther versus Further
wrote 2 days ago: by Kathy Davie You’ll go farther on your trip if you think further ahead and pack the basics. … more →
Where was your head when you wrote that?
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wrote 2 days ago: I don’t want to even think about where the writer’s head was when he wrote this headline … more →
Steve Carell would be so much better
wrote 2 days ago: You know what would be better than this from Yahoo! Screen‘s “Daily Shot”? If the … more →
Isn't that stealing?
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wrote 3 days ago: Looking for a slightly used shirt? A well-worn pair of trousers? If you’re not to proud to st … more →
Do not do unto others... On giving constructive feedback
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wrote 3 days ago: Do not do unto others… On giving constructive feedback … more →
Murphy's Law as applied to proofreading
wrote 3 days ago: There’s always one more mistake When your boss opens the book at random, it will be the first … more →
