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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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How to identify your most important content.
While variations exist by company and industry, these four pieces of content appear regularly on lists of most important content: Home page/Landing pages This qualifies as most important content because (a) it’s where many prospects and investors will go first when they hear of you, and (b) because the average prospect is giving you less time to impress them — the average website…… READ MORE
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The Importance of Reading for Writers
Just like visiting art galleries helps artists hone their craft, the same goes for reading for writers. Of all languages ever spoken, English contains the most words (over 250,000). That leaves us with the biggest… READ MORE
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Incorrectness: When It’s OK To Be Intentionally Wrong
Sometimes it’s OK to use words that aren’t real words or be grammatically wrong on purpose. Whether for stylistic reasons of for comedic effect, there are times when you can get away with being deliberately… READ MORE
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Conjunction, What’s Your Function?
Conjunctions are a quintessential part of our everyday language. Being one of the nine parts of speech (along with nouns, verbs, articles and such) their job is to connect. Unfortunately, conjunctions are frequently used the… READ MORE
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Beware the Buzzword
We’re all guilty of throwing a buzzword in here and there. And with their prevalence in everyday language nowadays, it’s hard not to use them. So what are they? Buzzwords are industry terms that sound… READ MORE
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Wave vs. Waive and Waver vs. Waiver
You’ve got to love those crafty homophones. For this month’s vs. post, we thought we would offer up a two-for-one. Wave, waive, waver and waiver all sound similar, and it’ll help to keep you on… READ MORE
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Tips for Dealing with Tight Writing Deadlines
The dreaded deadline: it’s a writer’s worst enemy. And the best plug to stop the flow of creative juices. Whether you write professionally or as a student, you’re faced with deadlines; and the anxiety, writer’s… READ MORE
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5 of the Most Common Grammar Mistakes
The world of grammar encompasses a wide range of language rules and an even wider range of ways to mess those rules up. If you’ve ever written anything longer than a few sentences, you’ve probably… READ MORE
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5 Examples of How the English Language Makes No Sense At All
When you sit back and really take a look at the English language — at least our North American version of it — it almost seems unbelievable how we ever learn to communicate. With words… READ MORE
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Self-Editing Tip: Little Words that Don’t Need to be There
If you’ve been paying attention, you know that using long, complicated words is not the path to clear communication. But even if you’ve learned that lesson and practice it daily, you can still take it… READ MORE
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To vs. Too vs. Two — the Saga Continues
This month’s “vs.” selection deals with three words that are often confused, even though one of them refers to a number. If you listen to someone speak, you’ll notice that some version of this word… READ MORE