Catchy headlines, sales copy and fictional writing are inclined to break the rules of writing and get away with it. And all the power to them. That just means professional writing is easier to execute
The following examples ought to clarify the confusion many have regarding which version of the past tense to use. There seems to be a misconception that one is correct and the other isn’t, however, this
Brackets are components of punctuation that are often misunderstood. People either use them too much when they get so caught up in side notes that the entire sentence loses direction, or they’re not
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
If you’ve ever had to look through an article or other piece of writing that was presented in a large font, you may have missed some rather obvious errors. Whether the writing was your own or someone
It’s easy to think of “fact checking” as an activity reserved for term papers, essays and other writing that require historical accuracy. However, the need for correct factual information in writing
Speeches, documents, articles, blog posts, news releases, websites, even inter-office memos are all examples of business writing. They are also prime opportunities for you to make some common business
We like to think of punctuation as a beat-indicators for readers. Periods, commas, colons, semi-colons, ellipses m-dashes — they all tell readers when to pause, for how long…and what the intonation
The days when a businessperson was not required to have writing skills because he or she was a businessman (and not a writer!) are gone for good. Word processors with inbuilt spelling and grammar checks,
One of the areas of business that many people don’t give a lot of thought to is how a company communicates with its own people and the outside world. Corporate communications are an important element
