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- 30: 50 Open Source Resources for Writers
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- 28: Inquire vs Enquire
- 26: Andro- The Prefix That’s All Man
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- 23: Reduplicatives - Double Delight
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- 05: Misfeasance or Malfeasance?
- 04: Keeping a Writers’ Notebook
- 03: Program vs. Programme
- 03: 7 Tips To Bag Your Dream Writing Gig
- 02: Word of the Day: Zeitgeist
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- 01: Used Transitively, “Avail” Is a Reflexive Verb
- 01: English to Become the Official and Obligatory Language of the Internet
- 31: Most Popular Articles March 2008
- 31: Systematic and Systemic
- 29: Knickerbocker Story
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- 27: “Wreck,” “Wreak,” and Other [rek] Words
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- 25: Using Writing Bursts to Generate Ideas and Enthusiasm
- 25: Should Web Editors Correct Customers’ Grammar?
- 24: Tibetan Situation Getting Sticky
- 22: The Silent K
- 21: The Difference Between “will” and “shall”
- 20: How to Send Tactful Emails from a Technical Support Desk
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- 13: Onomatopoeia (it is not something to eat)
- 13: Pros and Cons of Telecommuting
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- 11: Web Usability Revisited
- 10: Found Any Eggcorns Lately?
- 08: Word of the Day: Stigma
- 07: A Writer Can be Anyone or Anything
- 06: Good Friday and Easter
- 05: 5 Tips for Handling Clients
- 05: It’s National Grammar Day
- 04: Any vs. Either
- 03: Most Popular Articles February 2008
- 01: Word of the Day: Anachronism
- 29: How To Rediscover The Joy Of Writing
- 28: Rhinotillexis on the Decline
- 27: A Freelance Writer’s Basic Guide to SEO
- 26: English Grammar 101: Adverbs
- 25: Speaking Of Eponyms
- 23: Wether, Weather, Whether
- 22: Top 5 Freelance Mistakes To Avoid
- 21: Praises to the Correct Use of The Semicolon
- 20: A Book on Writing for Novelists
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- 16: Bouillon, Bullion or Boolean?
- 15: Warning: Microsoft Did Not Invent Grammar!
- 14: Top 5 Tips When Bidding For Freelance Work
- 13: Fun With Words: Palindromes
- 12: Will Your Book Ever Be Published?
- 11: What is the Difference Between Metaphor and Simile?
- 09: Months: A History Of Time
- 08: Site, Sight, and the Spell Check Syndrome
- 07: Experts and Editors
- 06: Poll: Should We Write email or e-mail?
- 05: Street Slang For Scriptwriting
- 04: Break Writer’s Block: Choose Your Audience
- 03: Word of the Day: Knack
- 02: Rite, Write, Right, Wright
- 01: Laugh About Writing
- 31: January 2008 Most Popular Posts
- 31: Complex and Complicated
- 30: Interview with Fiction Author Jeff Kozlowski
- 30: Break Writer’s Block: Don’t Begin at the Beginning
- 29: Daily Writing Tips Reaches 5,000 Subscribers
- 29: For Want Of A Letter … Bated, Baited
- 28: Surviving The Midnight Oil: 6 Practical Tips for Freelance Writers
- 26: A Sweet Story About Marmalade
- 25: Caesar, Kaiser, and Czar
- 24: English Grammar 101: Prepositions
- 23: Sit vs. Set: Sit Down and Let Me Set the Scene
- 22: The Generalist vs. The Specialist
- 22: Colin Galbraith is Joining the DWT Team
- 21: Positions, Please
- 20: Word of the Day: Effusive
- 19: For Want Of A Letter … Tic, Tick
- 18: Give me an “A”: a vs. an
- 17: Word of the Day: Egalitarian
- 17: Continuous or Continual?
- 16: Celtic: /sel tik/ or /kel tik/?
- 15: The Yiddish Handbook: 40 Words You Should Know
- 14: Politicians and Humpty Dumpty
- 12: Word of the Day: Dislodge
- 11: Tentative and Tenterhooks
- 10: Whom Are You Writing For?
- 09: A Man is Not a Widow
- 08: English Grammar 101: Pronouns
- 07: Help Daily Writing Tips on the 2008 Weblog Awards!
- 05: Word of the Day: Fuzzy
- 04: Averse, Adverse
- 03: Words for Telling the Future
- 02: The Eight Spellings of Long O
- 01: Days: A History Of Time
- 31: Are You Able?
- 28: Accent And Dialect
- 27: Time Words: Era, Epoch, and Eon
- 26: Review Writing Lessons
- 24: Farther, Further: What’s the Difference?
- 22: Festive Words
- 21: Go Ahead, Put that Preposition at the End!
- 20: Word of the Day: Teraflop
- 20: Usage That Provokes “Blackboard Moments”
- 19: Hopefully Speaking
- 18: Word of the Day: Boggle
- 18: The Meaning Of Christmas
- 17: January 1 Doesn’t Need an “st”
- 15: Writing About History
- 14: W00T - Word Of The Year
- 13: Multiple Plurals, Multiple Meanings
- 12: Gentle and Genteel
- 11: 34 Writing Tips That Will Make You a Better Writer
- 10: Writing Press Releases
- 08: Breach, Breech
- 07: “Famous” Doesn’t Apply to Murderers or Gangsters
- 06: Ten Yiddish Expressions You Should Know
- 05: English Grammar 101: Plural Form of Nouns
- 04: Better Use “Redneck” with Care
- 03: Resonating with your reader
- 01: November 2007 Popular Articles
- 30: Will You Assent to the Ascent?
- 29: Doublets: An Endless Source of Fascination
- 28: Chant and Cant
- 27: Share Your Writing Tips
- 26: Five Tips For Writing Great Web Content
- 25: Writing For People Who Write
- 24: Skin And Bones
- 23: “Black Friday”: An Unfortunate Expression
- 22: 7 Ways to Kick Start the Writing Habit
- 21: It’s Not “The Ox-Bow Incidence”
- 20: English Grammar 101: Nouns
- 19: DailyBits.com: Check It Out
- 19: Persecute, Prosecute
- 17: Malapropisms
- 16: Crucial, Vital, Essential
- 15: Jane Austen Did Not Write Epics
- 14: Word of the Day: Euphemism
- 14: Elude vs. Allude vs. Illude
- 13: English Grammar 101: Sentences, Clauses and Phrases
- 12: Do Synonyms Exist?
- 10: Are You Sure You Mean “Moot”?
- 09: Fortuitous and Fortunate
- 08: Is There Really Room for Error in Writing?
- 07: Deprecate, Depreciate
- 06: Word of the Day: Trudge
- 06: Can You Speak Your Readers’ Language?
- 05: Among/Amongst: Is there a Difference?
- 03: Gods and Ducks - Get It Right
- 02: October 2007 Most Popular Articles
- 01: Prescribe and Proscribe
- 31: Daily Writing Tips Vocabulary Test 1
- 30: Different from, Different to, Different than
- 29: Dear Sir
- 29: Companies Are “it”, Not “they”
- 27: Is it Libel, or is it Slander?
- 26: What is the Difference Between “These” and “Those”?
- 25: Between and Among
- 24: Japanese Loan Words
- 23: “Disinterested” Not the Same as “Uninterested”
- 22: Gross Writing Errors Found on the Web
- 22: Numerical Expressions
- 21: Word of the Day: Synergy
- 20: Hang, Hung, Hanged
- 19: Seven Writing Tips from Stephen King
- 18: Don’t Be Vexed by Vexillology
- 17: Kickstart Your Writing with Nanowrimo
- 17: Percentage and Percentile
- 16: Four Tips For Successful Web Writing
- 15: “Pushing Up Daisies” and Other Euphemisms for Death
- 13: On The QT
- 12: How To Change Your Writing Style
- 11: A “Diploma” is not a “Degree”
- 10: Writing For Magazines
- 09: TV’s War on “Me” and “I”
- 08: 8 Proofreading Tips And Techniques
- 08: Glimpse and Glance: Same or Different?
- 06: Spanish Loan Words
- 05: Punctuation Errors: American and British Quotation Marks
- 04: Word of the Day: Befuddle
- 04: Spelling Reform and the Writer
- 03: Why We Need Paragraphs
- 02: People versus Persons
- 01: Case of the Missing “i”s: foliage, verbiage, miniature
- 30: September 2007 Most Popular Posts
- 29: Titled versus Entitled
- 28: No More Used Cars
- 27: The Art Of Writing News
- 26: Writing for Your Audience
- 25: Latin Words and Expressions: All You Need to Know
- 24: Punctuation Errors: Multiple Punctuation Marks
- 22: Daily Writing Tips is Getting a Facelift
- 21: Word of the Day: Turmoil
- 20: CAUTION: Merging Words
- 19: Battle of the Dictionaries
- 18: The Six Spellings of “Long E”
- 17: “Forte” or “Fortë,” “Cache” or “Cachet”?
- 16: Word of the Day: Algorithm
- 14: In Quest of a Standard American Pronunciation
- 13: Punctuation Errors: Apostrophe for Plurals
- 12: Word of the Day: Meritocracy
- 12: Writing and Selling Your Mystery Novel
- 11: Learn to Spell by Phonograms, not Letters
- 10: Seen in the Classifieds
- 08: Learning From Poetry
- 07: The Freelance Writing Jobs I Avoid
- 06: Caesar Sat on the Dais
- 05: Becoming Your Characters
- 04: Six Rules for Making Subjects and Verbs Agree
- 03: Comparative Forms of Adjectives
- 02: Word of the Day: Ambivalent
- 01: Quiet or Quite?
- 31: August 2007 Most Popular Posts
- 30: How Do I Become a Better Speller?
- 29: Word of the Day: Conundrum
- 29: Is that “-ness” Really Necessary?
- 28: Entry Level Freelance Writing
- 27: Strunk and White’s The Elements of Style
- 25: “Fictional” and “Fictitious”
- 24: Punctuation Errors: The Comma Splice
- 23: Write First, Edit Later
- 22: Words with the Suffixes “-ance” and “-ence”
- 21: One Size Does Not Fit All
- 20: French Words for Writers
- 19: Word of the Day: Tacit
- 18: Stationery, Cemetery, and Shepherd
- 17: Novelist, Read The Bible!
- 16: Passive vs. Active Voice
- 15: Five Spelling Rules for “Silent Final E”
- 14: Word of the Day: Beleaguer
- 14: Can You Start Sentences with “And” or “But”?
- 13: The Many Forms of the Verb TO BE
- 11: Pay Attention to the Email Subject
- 10: Misspelled Numbers, Months, and Days
- 09: “Could Care Less” versus “Couldn’t Care Less”
- 09: The Dummy Subject
- 08: Needed: New Singular Possessive Adjective Combining “his” and “her”
- 07: Word of the Day: Resilience
- 07: Pesky Colons and Semicolons
- 06: The Truth About “It’s”
- 06: Avoiding Stereotypes
- 05: Word of the Day: Recoil
- 04: O Second Person Singular, Where Art Thou?
- 03: Multiple Thoughts in One Sentence
- 02: Word of the Day: Pyrrhic
- 02: Be Sure to Check Your Sources
- 01: Punctuation Errors: Quotation Marks for Emphasis
- 01: July 2007 Most Popular Articles
- 31: Smart People, Bad Grammar
- 31: Lying in State: Changing Perceptions Change Language
- 30: 10 Rules for Writing Numbers and Numerals
- 29: Word of the Day: Wax
- 29: Less is More When it Comes to “Unique”
- 28: Who Is My Neighbor?
- 27: Point of View: Following the Rules
- 26: Word of the Day: Brisk
- 26: Orwell: Timeless Guidelines for Writers
- 25: The Impotence of Proofreading
- 24: Folks versus People
- 24: English Spelling is Not Total Chaos
- 23: How to Edit a Sentence
- 22: Vivid Language Paints a Picture
- 21: Parallelism Prevents Bumpy Communication
- 20: The Dictionary of Concise Writing
- 19: Word of the Day: Ombudsman
- 19: “Putting on Airs” or Expressing One’s Thoughts?
- 18: Then or Than?
- 17: The Blogger Spelling Test
- 17: Breaking the Lockjam and Buttoning Down the Hatches
- 16: Less/Fewer; Number/Amount: Still Salvageable
- 15: Word of the Day: Rhetoric
- 14: Where and Whence
- 13: Ready, Set, Write!
- 12: Dealing with “he said” and “she said”
- 11: Word of the Day: Bipartisan
- 11: Five Frequently Misused Verbs: Go, Come, Write, Give, and Eat
- 10: Loose or Lose?
- 10: How to Improve Your Vocabulary Steadily
- 09: Lay/Lie: Moribund, but Not Dead Yet
- 08: Word of the Day: Furtive
- 07: How to Bypass Your Internal Editor
- 06: Accept the Effect
- 05: Idiomatic English
- 04: Mind Your -ed’s
- 03: Word of the Day: Pedantic
- 03: Dialogue Dos and Don’ts
- 02: Prepositions for the Perplexed
- 02: Use the Right Number of Periods
- 01: The Fact-packed Email Subject
- 01: When to use “on” and when to use “in”
- 30: Voice: An Opportunity to Scream without Opening Your Mouth
- 29: Consistent Style Sheet Eliminates Value Judgments
- 28: Introducing the Comma
- 27: Write Super-Fast
- 27: All About Quotation Marks
- 26: Don’t Overload the Bridge
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- 19: All Pronoun Cases Are Created Equal
- 18: The Gentleman Fled on Foot
- 18: 6 Foreign Expressions You Should Know
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- 17: Dictionary vs. Thesaurus
- 16: Not Nice At All
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- 15: Simple sentences, period
- 15: Is “alright” all right?
- 14: Say What?
- 14: What’s In It for Me? Not a Job, That’s For Sure!
- 13: Principle, Principal
- 13: Advertising May Be Harmful to Your Spelling
- 12: Clauses that need companionship
- 11: Word of the Day: Oblivion
- 11: Concise Writing: The Truth, the Whole Truth, and Nothing But the Truth
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- 07: I Hate “Kids”
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