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Why You Should Love the Em Dash

Writers love em dashes as much as hunters love Swiss army knives. It’s not difficult to understand why. Like the utilitarian knife, em dashes are unique, versatile tools. Once you find out about these...

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Top 5 Most Frustrating Writing Mistakes (and How to Avoid Them)

Recently Grammarly asked its social media communities which writing mistakes were the worst kinds of errors. Our fans tend to find substantive grammatical trip-ups, like verb errors, far more...

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The Most Common Grammar and Language Questions

You’re writing a paper, but suddenly you stop because you’re not sure about a grammar rule. What do you do? Many turn to grammar handbooks. Others use question-and-answer sites such as Grammarly...

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A SMART Way Write Better Professional Objectives

What is a professional objective? Simply stated, it is a career goal. Professional objectives appear on professional documents, such as résumés, or they may be used to direct a personal career plan....

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Words That Went Extinct

Dictionaries incorporate new words every year. Some are pop culture inventions like jeggings, photobomb, and meme. Other words, like emoji and upvote, spring up from technology and social media....

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5 Great Resolutions for Writers and Language Nerds

Lose a few pounds. Quit a bad habit. Get organized. You name it. You’ve vowed it at the beginning of a new year. Perhaps you have been successful with your resolutions. In that case, you need a fresh...

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Grammatical Errors from Academy Awards Past

At the 59th Academy Awards ceremony in 1987, Paul Hogan warned celebrities to deliver their speeches with care: “There’s about one thousand million people watching you. So you remember: One wrong word,...

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Grammar Basics: What are Parts of Speech?

The basic parts of speech in English are nouns, pronouns, adjectives, verbs, adverbs, prepositions, interjections, and conjunctions. Nouns Nouns are a class of words that include people, places,...

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5 Ways to Make Sure Your Email Writing Is Clear

Pick a writing resource—any writing resource. Your favorite business writing blog will do, as will a copy of Strunk and White or any other style manual. You can even pick a textbook used for a college...

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7 Visual Language Tips to Fix Common Mistakes

Because of its diverse influences, the English language is full of seemingly illogical constructions and rules. Unsurprisingly, these often cause even the most dedicated language enthusiast to trip up...

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Librarians Who Didn’t Go By The Book

The general availability of information online – not to mention the increasing popularity of e-readers – has de-emphasized the importance of a good old-fashioned library. However, there is still an...

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Confusing Sentences That Actually Make Sense

Let’s face it: Sometimes the English language can be downright bizarre. The plural of ox is oxen while the plural of box is boxes, ‘rough’ rhymes with ‘gruff’ even though the two words only have two...

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The Worst Writing Mistakes You Can Make at Work

It’s common for people to underestimate the impact of an obvious writing mistake in the workplace. Even if you are someone who isn’t bothered by a misplaced comma or a misspelled word, you inevitably...

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Happily Ever After, or Not: The Influence of Mother Goose

May 1 is Mother Goose Day, established in 1987 by Gloria T. Delamar upon the publication of her book, Mother Goose; From Nursery to Literature. The day is a time for reflecting on fairy tales, acting...

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7 Star Wars Leadership Lessons

May the Fourth be with you! Today may be a day dedicated to puns, fandom, and a galaxy far, far away, but it probably doesn’t mean you’ve suddenly learned a Jedi mind trick to keep your manager from...

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The Internet Can Cultivate Writing. Good Writing.

Image from LoadingArtist.com Almost anyone who cares about language and knows about or uses the Internet has been guilty at one time or another of demonizing the world wide web for its effects on the...

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Study Shows Political Language is Changing, Affects Parties Differently...

Though we might not think much about them in the context of all the issues discussed during elections, rhetoric and language play a critical role in the success of U.S. presidential candidates. The...

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