Book Review: Punctuation Clarified with Humor in “Eats, Shoots & Leaves”

Sunday, March 9th, 2008 Posted in Book Review, Grammar, Punctuation, Reviews, Vocabulary and Spelling, Writing, Writing Tips and Tools | 4 Comments »

By Lynn Truss You'd be surprised how punctuation affects us all! I used to live in Los Angeles, which has famously become a melting pot. I'll leave it to more profound minds ... Read more..

Book Review: The Chicago Manual of Style

Friday, December 14th, 2007 Posted in Book Review, Free Photos, Grammar, Punctuation, Reviews, Tips and Tools, Vocabulary and Spelling, Writing | 2 Comments »

Available in print and versions, this resource is a practical guide to editorial style for writers. It's hard to overestimate the influence this writing tool has had on wordsmiths ... Read more..

Contest: Word Manglers Welcome

Tuesday, November 27th, 2007 Posted in Cartoons, Contest, Reviews, Vocabulary and Spelling, Writing | 3 Comments »

Blog Review: WordPlay Café Neologisms Contest What do you call a baseball player who keeps adjusting his batting glove for the 28th time, backing in and out of the batters box, checking his ... Read more..

Using Famous Quotations to Punch Up Your Blog

Monday, November 19th, 2007 Posted in Famous Quotations, Photography, Tips and Tools, Writing, Writing Tips and Tools | Comments Off on Using Famous Quotations to Punch Up Your Blog

__________ ______________ "Give a man a fish, and you'll feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and he'll buy a funny hat. Talk to a hungry man about ... Read more..

Internet Terms: How to Get Them Right

Friday, November 16th, 2007 Posted in Grammar, Tips and Tools, Vocabulary and Spelling | 2 Comments »

For some reason, a lot of Internet terms have multiple versions. This is partly because Web-related words are relatively new and haven't had a chance to settle into standard, agreed-upon ... Read more..

Book Review: The Elements of Style by Strunk and White

Saturday, November 10th, 2007 Posted in Book Review, Grammar, Punctuation, Reviews, Writing, Writing Tips and Tools | 1 Comment »

By William Strunk and E.B. White The Elements of Style manages to condense all the important rules of grammar into a package so small, you could mistake it for a drink ... Read more..

Grammar Myth #2

Friday, November 9th, 2007 Posted in Grammar, Writing, Writing Tips and Tools | Comments Off on Grammar Myth #2

You can't begin a sentence with and or but. But of course you can. This is an example of another worn-out rule that needs to be debunked. I don't even know ... Read more..

Book Review — Send: The Essential Guide to Email for Office and Home

Monday, November 5th, 2007 Posted in Book Review, Reviews, Tips and Tools, Writing, Writing Tips and Tools | Comments Off on Book Review — Send: The Essential Guide to Email for Office and Home

By David Shipley and Will Schwalbe Just this morning there was a cautionary tale in the news about an Atlanta man’s e-mail to a woman who rejected him on Match.com. In ... Read more..

Book Review: On Writing by Stephen King

Sunday, November 4th, 2007 Posted in Book Review, Reviews, Tips and Tools, Writing, Writing Tips and Tools | 2 Comments »

Maybe it's because I was born in the San Fernando Valley, home of the Valley Girl, that I don't really care for the word awesome. I'm not sure whether Moon ... Read more..

Commonly Misspelled Vocabulary Words

Saturday, November 3rd, 2007 Posted in Vocabulary and Spelling, Writing, Writing Tips and Tools | 2 Comments »

Some words just beg to be spelled wrong or otherwise abused. Here are some of them: Common misspellings (The bold words are spelled correctly.) accommodate Don't you just want to take out ... Read more..

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