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Truth in Advertising?

almarose wrote 5 days ago: Find sample blogs on a gazillion topics at Alpha Inventions I'll have what she's having The … more →

Tags: Bad writing, Branding, Buzzwords, Communication, Grammar, Humor, Jargon, Marketing, Print Marketing

Speaking of Homophones3 comments

almarose wrote 4 months ago: Find sample blogs on a gazillion topics at Alpha Inventions Sidebar: Sound-Alikes Charlie Chan (http … more →

Tags: Bad writing, Communication, Grammar, how to write well, Usage, writing, Writing mechanics, charlie chan, figures of speech

Sidebar: Face of America?

almarose wrote 1 year ago: Vitriol in Print Senator John McCain I searched the Internet for metaphorical characterizations of p … more →

Tags: writing, Nonfiction Writing, Writing mechanics, Editing, Buzzwords, Jargon, presidential campaign, History of the English Language, Branding

The Darkness. Is Dark.

almarose wrote 1 year ago: How to Write Poetry and Live Poetically Free E-Course Assignment 17.2 Chapter 7 (continued): Metapho … more →

Tags: Art, Bad writing, Communication, Continuing Education, Creative Process, e-Course, Free e-Course, how to write poetry, how to write well

Sidebar: Crisis? What Crisis?

almarose wrote 1 year ago: The only thing we have to fear is fear itself. -Franklin Delano Roosevelt Winston Churchill, Frankli … more →

Tags: Buzzwords, Communication, History of the English Language, how to write well, Jargon, Nonfiction Writing, Print Marketing, Usage, What is Truth?

Have You Overlooked This Important Requirement For Writing A Booklet?

kimhillman wrote 1 year ago: In order to be a successful author, there are a few requirements.  First, you need to have a good gr … more →

Tags: Rich Tips & Great Ideas, Booklet, booklet author, writing booklets, booklet writing, booklet writer, education for an author, writing process, writing focus

Sidebar: Profanity Revisited

almarose wrote 1 year ago: Fact-oid Sergeant Joe Friday (Jack Webb): "Just the Facts, Ma'am" On June 10, I wrote … more →

Tags: writing, Writing mechanics, Editing, Syntax, Grammar, Jargon, Bad writing, Humor, Communication

Sidebar

almarose wrote 1 year ago: Metaphors Can Cause Headaches Joseph R. Biden, Jr. I read this morning that Barack Obama had named S … more →

Tags: writing, Nonfiction Writing, Writing mechanics, Editing, Syntax, Grammar, how to write well, Jargon, Bad writing

Sidebar

almarose wrote 1 year ago: Bugged I can live with sloppy grammar—sometimes. Regionalisms and colloquialisms don’t bother … more →

Tags: writing, Writing mechanics, Editing, Grammar, Usage, Nora Roberts, uninterested, disinterested, alternate

Tapping Your Troubles Away1 comment

almarose wrote 1 year ago: EFT: The Possibilities Are Acronymical An acronym is a pronounceable abbreviation consisting of init … more →

Tags: writing, Writing mechanics, Editing, Buzzwords, Jargon, Humor, Communication, Usage, <punctuation>

Paradigm for Passion

almarose wrote 1 year ago: Warning: This Is Not an Historic Blog Post If you love words, or if you just like to feel smug and s … more →

Tags: writing, Editing, how to write well, Buzzwords, Jargon, Bad writing, Marketing, Communication, Usage

She Writes a Hell of a Book1 comment

almarose wrote 1 year ago: Diana, Philippa, or Nora? Take Your Pick It was my brother, John—a manly man, who thinks The Gulag A … more →

Tags: Editing, Grammar, History of the English Language, how to write well, Humor, Prose, Usage, writing, Audrey Niffenegger

Remember Little Sioux

almarose wrote 1 year ago: All photos in this post show my grandson Pete and fellow Scouts and leaders (including Pete’s … more →

Tags: Communication, Nonfiction Writing, Prose, Usage, writing, Your Questions Answered, Be prepared, Boy Scouts of America, BSA

Is Barack Obama 'Black'?

almarose wrote 1 year ago: From a February 20 story on Newsmax.com: [A Reuters/Zogby poll]… showed [Barack] Obama, who wo … more →

Tags: Nonfiction Writing, Prose, presidential campaign, Barack Obama, hillary clinton, racism, Barack Hussein Obama, black, negro

The Language of Technology: The Big Con

almarose wrote 1 year ago: Good Old MPUI and Other Merry Pranks It is no accident that modern information-technology history al … more →

Tags: writing, Jargon, History of the English Language, Humor, Technology history, History of Computing, Word Processing, mimeograph, addressograph

In Business, 'Branding' Is a Way of Life

almarose wrote 1 year ago: A company’s brand is the perception — both within and outside the company — of what it s … more →

Tags: Branding, Print Marketing, Marketing, business ethics, Corporate Citizenship, Corporate Culture, Small Business, midsize business, Management Consulting

Sen. Clinton, Former Swim Champ, Not Ducking Out

almarose wrote 1 year ago: Small talk about a May 19 Reuters story by Ellen Wulfhorst… 1. “None of us is going to h … more →

Tags: writing, Writing mechanics, Editing, Grammar, how to write well, presidential campaign, Barack Obama, hillary clinton, pronunciation

We, We, We, All the Way Home

almarose wrote 1 year ago: This fall, we intend to march forward as one Democratic Party, united by a common vision for this co … more →

Tags: writing, Editing, Prose, how to write well, presidential campaign, Barack Obama, Jeremiah Wright, imprecise language, Personal pronoun

John McCain: Opposed to Innovation?

almarose wrote 1 year ago: Combatting Comma Clumsiness In a May 1 National Review Online story, “The Right Rx,” Rep … more →

Tags: writing, Editing, how to write well, <punctuation>, Harvard comma, oxford comma, John McCain, comma, U.S. Naval Academy


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