A comma is a small mark that can make a huge difference. In legal contracts, the presence or absence of a single comma has controlled the loss or gain of...
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Writing, publication, and marketing can be as challenging as a climb to the peak of Mount Everest. Many climbers get partway and decide the journey is too hard, not worth...
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Getting your audience’s attention isn’t easy. Once you have it, keeping it isn’t easy either. People have time to be courteous, but not much more than that. They don’t have...
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What’s the difference between “all ready” and “already,” “any time” and “anytime,” and “all right” and “alright”? How does the meaning change when we use “anymore” instead of “any more”?
Will the dictionary tell us whether to use “orange juice,” “orange-juice,” or orangejuice”? What’s the difference between red, white, and blue flags compared to red-white-and-blue?
When should “backdoor,” “backseat,” or “rearview” be one word, and when should it be two? Instead of rules, let’s look at the principle. Understand that, and you’ll have a good feel for what works best.
News is boring. We’ll never keep readers awake by just telling what happened. Someone we don’t know was in a car accident. Not a big deal, because we read about...
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I’ve missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I’ve been trusted to take the game-winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and...
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Over the years, you may have noticed certain words becoming popular on talk shows and newscasts. At one time, it seemed that every truth had to be preceded with “really,”...
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When others have judged our writing good, we feel successful. Since we don’t know what we don’t know that we don’t know, we may not see a need to improve our...
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Character is a critical key to becoming a person of quality, and it starts in the home!
