Say No to two spaces after a period
Why You Shouldn’t Trust the New Study That Supports Putting Two Spaces After a Period BY MICHELE DEBCZAK Writers, style guides, and people who spend a lot of time reading generally agree that one...
Category: Grammar
15 Reasons Why Your Book Isn’t Selling: How to Improve Your Book Sales
By JOEL FRIEDLANDER We’ve all been there: a book we were excited about, one that we worked on earnestly. But when it hit the market, all that came back was a big yawn. No author...
Style, Grammar, and Usage: The Lowdown on Quality Writing
by Kimberlee Kile You might not be an editor, but you can probably spot the difference between a good piece of writing and one that’s lousy. High-quality writing pulls readers along...
10 Common Words Even Content Writers Get Wrong
When you’re dealing in words you have to make sure you’re using them correctly. One wrong word could alter an important fact in your writing and spell disaster for you. I’ve...
Why It’s Okay to Dangle Your Participle
Steven Pinker on Why It’s Okay to Dangle Your Participle By Jesse Singal Follow @jessesingal Photo: Rebecca Goldstein Steven Pinker — the Harvard cognitive scientist who also chairs the Usage Panel of the American...
