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Overcome your fear of public speaking with this one change.
The fear of public speaking is a social anxiety disorder known as glossophobia; glosso being Greek for tongue and phobia being Greek for fear. The National Institute of Mental Health reports that more than 70% of people have a fear of public speaking, which ranks glossophobia only behind thanatophobia (fear of death), acrophobia (fear of heights) and arachnophobia…… READ MORE
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Hiring a copyeditor? This is what to expect…
Hiring a copyeditor can be the best decision for your messaging. Yes, a copyeditor will help you maintain your credibility by finding the spelling, structural and punctuation errors you may have missed as you put your piece together. But if you get your copyeditor to do what they do best, they’ll make your message better in other…… READ MORE
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Tip for Writers: How Not to Take an Editor’s Corrections Personally
For a productive writer in any genre, there is rarely time to get down about editorial corrections or criticism. Yes, it may sting sometimes and no writer enjoys seeing their work dissected and critiqued, but… READ MORE
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Does the “I Before E Except After C” Rule Work In Every Situation?
Here’s a classic grammar rule that we’ve all heard a time or two. In fact, if you went to any school from kindergarten through grade 8, you’ve probably heard it hundreds of times. “I before… READ MORE
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Lead vs. Lead vs. Led….I’m Seeing This One Way Too Often Lately!
If you’ve been following the Re:word blog posts each month you know that we try to include at least one “vs.” themed post (if you haven’t, go back and read them because they’re pretty enlightening).… READ MORE
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Personality Traits of Highly Effective Copy Editors
Here at Re:word Communications, we’re under the impression that we have some of the most effective copy editors in the industry. Whether it’s a white paper, a term paper, a website or a training manual,… READ MORE
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Tips for Making Your Writing “Engaging”
Whether you are a professional writer, a student or a small business owner who prefers to tackle your own blogging and web content, you’ve probably read about the importance of making your writing “engaging” to… READ MORE
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What the Heck Is a Heteronym?
If you’re like most people, you’ve heard of synonyms, antonyms and homonyms. They’re part of the basic English curriculum in every school, after all. However, you may have breezed through every grade, learning more about… READ MORE
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Qualities of an Effective Translation Service
Here’s the thing about translation…you may need it all the time or only once in a long while, but it had better be accurate when you do it. Not many blunders will make you or… READ MORE
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When to Put an Apostrophe Before the ‘s’ and When to Put It After
Apostrophes play a big role in writing the English language. Not so much in an “understanding the meaning” kind of way, but more of a “proper punctuation” kind of way. If you forget the apostrophe… READ MORE
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Then vs. Than…Yes They Do Have Different Meanings!
If you needed even more evidence of how one letter can make a big difference, ‘then vs. than’ is a great example. People make mistakes with these two words all the time, but they often… READ MORE
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Your vs. You’re…One Trick to Guarantee You Never Get It Wrong Again!
Occasionally mixing up the odd words that happen to sound similar is understandable. If you do a lot of writing, it may even be expected. However, this your and you’re confusion has reached epidemic proportions… READ MORE