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- 21: 75 Synonyms for “Angry”
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- 19: 12 Evocative Words That Include “Ae”
- 18: A Hyphenation Quiz
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- 14: 50 Idioms About Talking
- 13: Analog vs. Digital
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- 10: Entropy vs. Atrophy
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- 07: Book Review: “Garner’s Modern American Usage”
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- 05: 10 Types of Hypercorrection
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- 03: How to Format Captions
- 02: The Best of Daily Writing Tips in 2011
- 31: 40 Synonyms for “Lie”
- 30: AP StyleGuard and the Death of Editing
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- 28: 5 Alternatives to Hyphenating Phrasal Adjectives
- 27: Evoke vs. Invoke
- 26: It’s All About Accuracy
- 24: 25 Synonyms for “Story”
- 23: How to Format Reader-Friendly Headlines
- 22: The Word of the Year 2011
- 21: Put Adverbs in Their Place
- 20: Precede vs. Proceed
- 19: 25 Adverbs That Get an “A”
- 17: Picking Your Perfect Title
- 16: 85 Synonyms for “House”
- 14: The Right and Wrong of Writing
- 14: Customer vs. Client
- 13: Exceptions in the Rules of Hyphenation
- 12: Put Adjectives in Their Place
- 10: 50 Words for “Writing”
- 09: A Couple of Notes About “Couple”
- 08: Archetype vs. Prototype
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- 01: Stationary vs. Stationery
- 30: 15 Foreign Words and Phrases People Spell Incorrectly
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- 28: 40 French Expressions “En Tout”
- 26: 40 Synonyms for Praise
- 25: 10 Modes of Modifiers
- 24: 20 Types and Forms of Humor
- 23: Affect vs. Effect
- 22: What to Do When Words Appear Twice in a Row
- 21: 50 Handy Expressions About Hands
- 19: 7 Patterns of Sentence Structure
- 18: Principles of Plain English
- 17: These Are “-Some” Adjectives
- 16: A Short Quiz About Emphasis
- 15: Whether to Use “Whether” or “If”
- 14: 55 Synonyms for “Criticize”
- 12: How to Style Compounds After the Noun
- 11: 15 Words for Household Rooms, and Their Synonyms
- 10: A Short Quiz About Parallel Construction
- 09: 7 More Fixes for Dangling Modifiers
- 08: 10 Intensifiers You Should Really, Absolutely Avoid
- 07: 20 Synonyms for “Expert”
- 05: Book Review: “On Writing Well”
- 04: 50 Words with the Most Whimsical Prefix
- 03: What the Hell Do You Do About Profanity?
- 02: 35 Troublesome Irregular Verbs
- 01: A “Not Only . . . But Also” Quiz
- 31: 10 Demographic Names and Expressions
- 29: 35 Words Frequently Found in Compounds
- 28: 12 Misunderstood and Misquoted Shakespearean Expressions
- 27: Book Review: “Woe Is I”
- 26: The Writing Process Is a Numbers Game
- 26: 5 Rules About Conjunctive Adverbs
- 25: 5 Tips for Styling Numbers
- 24: 25 Synonyms for “Beginner”
- 22: Persuasive Writing Is Getting the Reader to Say “Yes”
- 21: 7 Expressions and Ideas About Elephants
- 20: 7 Classes of Phrases
- 19: 10 Terms for the Common People
- 18: 50 Redundant Phrases to Avoid
- 17: The Ins and Outs of “High” and “Low”
- 15: National Novel Writing Month
- 14: What’s the Difference Between a Capital and a Capitol?
- 13: 20 More Smothered Verbs Set Free
- 12: Plurals of Proper Names
- 11: 20 Clipped Forms and Their Place (If Any) in Formal Writing
- 10: 25 Synonyms for “Expression”
- 08: Punctuation Is Powerful
- 07: How To Come Up With A Brand Name
- 06: Allusion vs. Illusion vs. Elusion
- 05: 15 Frequently Confused Pairs of Verbs
- 04: 30 Wordy Phrases Beginning with “In”
- 03: The Old News About the Oxymoron
- 01: Punctuation Saves Lives!
- 30: Words About Feeling and Suffering
- 30: The Freelance Writing Course Closes Tonight
- 29: The Nitty-Gritty About Reduplication
- 28: Bad vs. Badly
- 27: Learn How To Make Money Freelance Writing Online
- 27: 5 Words and Their Nonantonymic Antonyms
- 26: 15 Terms for Forms and Types of Governance
- 24: 10 Websites and Blogs of Punctuation Protectors
- 23: The Verbing of the English Language
- 22: Marshal vs. Martial
- 21: 15 Frequently Confused Pairs of Adjectives
- 20: Flat Adverbs Are Flat-Out Useful
- 19: The DWT Freelance Writing Course Re-Opens Next Tuesday
- 19: 15 Terms for Those Who Tell the Future
- 17: 10 Ideas for Networking
- 16: 5 Events and Incidents That Never Happened
- 15: Vocation vs. Avocation
- 14: 75 Contronyms (Words with Contradictory Meanings)
- 13: 9 Forms of the Past Tense
- 12: Word Origin Influences Your Writing Voice
- 10: 7 Principles of Pitching Articles
- 09: How to Format Block Quotations
- 08: Are New Words Right for Your Writing?
- 07: 15 Frequently Confused Pairs of Nouns
- 06: How to Choose Between “Into” or “Onto” and Their Two-Word Forms
- 05: How to Build Your Own Style Guide
- 03: 5 Questions to Consider When Writing for Children
- 02: 10 Principles of Writing for the Web
- 01: Review: The Chicago Manual of Style
- 31: The Many Forms of Plurals
- 30: How to Punctuate References to Dates and Times
- 29: 5 Ways to Keep Parallel Lists on Track
- 27: Physical Descriptions Put Readers in Your Place
- 26: Content Quality and Quantity Are the Cause of Wikipedia’s Woes
- 25: 7 Rules for Identifying People by Place Names
- 24: 7 Subjects of Academic Terminology
- 23: 5 Brainstorming Strategies for Writers
- 22: How to Treat Names of Groups and Organizations
- 20: How to Hire an Editor
- 19: How to Reverse-Outline Your First Draft
- 18: Build Your Own Style Guide
- 17: Is “They” Acceptable as a Singular Pronoun?
- 16: 5 Slang Words That May Never Be Legit
- 15: When It Comes to Cursive, Is Handwriting on the Wall?
- 13: For Word Count, Make Words Count
- 12: Hyphenation in Compound Nouns
- 11: 10 Terms of Gender Identity
- 10: Why There’ll Never Be a Perfect Time to Write
- 10: Contribute Comments to DailyWritingTips.com
- 09: 5 Ways to Reduce Use of Prepositions
- 08: 7 Types of Hyphenation That May Seem Wrong But Aren’t
- 06: Make Sure Your Website Gets an F
- 05: Tips for Attaining Editorial Consistency
- 04: Capitalization Rules for the Names of Games
- 03: Take Care with Connotation
- 02: 225 Foreign Phrases to Inspire You
- 01: How to Style Legislative Terms
- 30: 5 Tips About Freelance Work
- 29: Handle Popular Culture Terms with Care
- 28: 10 Types of Hyphenation Errors
- 27: The Other N-Words
- 26: A 10-Point Comma Quiz
- 25: A Training Camp for Aspiring Book Authors
- 25: How to Style Names of Food
- 23: A Substantive Editor Is a Writer’s Coach
- 22: Terms About Courts and the Judicial System
- 21: How to Style Numbers
- 20: 7 Types of Euphemism
- 19: 7 Editing Pet Peeves
- 18: 10 Ethnic Terms
- 16: A Case for Technical Grammar Skills
- 15: A Guide to Elliptical Constructions
- 14: Why Is Advertising So Hostile to Hyphens?
- 13: Five Reasons Why Your Writing Matters (Even if No-One Will Take You Seriously)
- 13: A Guide to Colloquial Contractions
- 12: 7 Sound Techniques for Effective Writing
- 11: The Indispensable Interjection “Oh”
- 09: 7 Tips for Writing a Film Review
- 08: Publishing Should Be About Prose, Not Product
- 07: 25 Eponyms as Literary Wordplay
- 06: 7 Other Types of Pronouns
- 05: How to Refer to Governmental Administrative Bodies
- 03: How to Punctuate Introductory Phrases
- 01: In Writing, Tone Is the Author’s Attitude
- 30: When to Capitalize Words for Compass Points
- 29: 8 Steps to More Concise Writing
- 28: 150 Foreign Expressions to Inspire You
- 28: Daily Writing Tips Is On Facebook and Twitter Now
- 27: Orwell’s Writing Rules Are Made to Be Broken
- 26: 7 Classes of Noun/Verb Agreement
- 24: Even Grammar Gurus Make Mistakes
- 23: Linguistic Register and Code Switching
- 23: Do Sports Commentators Really Mean “Prolific”?
- 22: 10 Tips on How to Write the Perfect Blog Post
- 22: How Do You Pronounce “Often”?
- 22: A Writer’s Voice Is All About Choice
- 21: 3 Types of Essays Are Models for Professional Writing Forms
- 21: Aren’t You Blogging Yet?
- 19: 10 Varieties of Syntax to Improve Your Writing
- 18: Writing About History Is Writing Toward Truth
- 18: Know Your Regional Vocabulary
- 16: En Dashes Clarify Compound Phrasal Adjectives
- 16: Slipping into Newspeak
- 15: A Case For Slow Writing
- 15: Military Ranks, Units and Weapons
- 14: 7 Solutions for Repetitive Sentence Structure
- 13: The Changing Uses of “Freak”
- 13: Seven Ways to Build Up Your Writing Confidence
- 13: 5 Cases of Mistaken Meaning Cured by a Comma
- 11: 10 Tips for Critiquing Other People’s Writing
- 10: 10 Writing Tips for a Winning Web Site
- 09: Nylon Stockings and Denier Spam
- 09: All About Glosses, or Brief Definitions
- 08: Five Tips for Writing a Great Speech
- 07: 5 Fluctuating Forms of Gender-Specific Language
- 07: One Pant, Two Pants?
- 06: Logical Punctuation Isn’t the Logical Choice
- 06: What Are the Mean, the Median, and the Mode?
- 03: How to Respond to a Request for a Writing Critique
- 03: 5 Pairs of Compound Words, and How They’re Compounded
- 02: Aisle and Isle
- 01: The Shelf Lives of Expressions and Slang
- 01: Facts About Phrasal Verbs
- 31: When a Pronoun is the “Subject” of an Infinitive…
- 30: 25 Words and Their Prepositional Pals
- 29: 15 Figures of Speech to Color Your Characters
- 27: 5 Sentences Saved by Em Dashes
- 27: Are Anti-Semitic Arabs Self-Haters?
- 26: Seasonal and Unseasonable
- 25: 10 Tips to Balance Parallel Sentence Structure
- 25: Teen Writing Tips: 7 Things You Can Do This Spring Break to Hone Your Craft
- 24: 50+ Words That Describe Animals (Including Humans)
- 24: When Words Collide
- 23: 10 Pairs of Similar-Looking Near Antonyms
- 22: How to Indicate Unspoken and Indirect Discourse
- 21: 4 Types of Reference Books You Didn’t Know You Need
- 20: Reeking and Wreaking
- 20: How to Treat Geological and Astronomical Terms
- 18: 5 Types of Eponyms
- 17: 10 Comma Cases in Which More Is More
- 16: Of Muscles, Mussels, and Mice
- 16: 5 Mixed-Up Malapropisms
- 14: Use Manuscript Markers for Your First Draft
- 13: 5 Fixes for Pop-Culture Pile-Ups
- 12: 20 Tips for Freelance Writers
- 12: Shifting Meaning of “Censor”
- 11: How to Get into a Subjunctive Mood
- 10: The Difference Between Extortion and Blackmail
- 10: 10 Words That Don’t Mean What You May Think They Do
- 09: How Spelling Diverges Between American and British English
- 07: The ABCs (and Ds and Es) of Plot Development
- 06: The Tasks of Technical Writing
- 06: Last Chance to Join the Freelance Writing Course
- 05: All Hail the Interrobang! (What the?!)
- 04: Tips for Selecting Your Story’s Narrative Style
- 03: 15 Purposes for Parentheses
- 03: Affect Is (Usually) a Verb
- 03: The Freelance Writing Course is Re-Opening Today
- 02: Tips for Treating Titles of People
- 01: Humility and Humiliation
- 30: 6 Directions for Visual Display of Content
- 29: Who Cares About “Whom” Anymore?
- 28: Adverbs Are Really Quite Acceptable
- 28: One Never Knows, Does One?
- 27: Loanwords from 12+ Unexpected Languages
- 26: In Regard to Your Letter…
- 26: 20 Classic Novels You Can Read in One Sitting
- 25: “To Be,” or Not “To Be”?
- 23: Use Archetypes to Create Literary Characters
- 22: Be Careful About Careless Writing
- 21: What’s So Hard about “Docent”?
- 21: Can You Craft New Words?
- 20: Who’s Misusing Whose?
- 19: A Yes-and-No Answer About Hyphenating Phrases
- 19: Stay on the Map with New Geopolitical Names
- 18: 5 Ways to Work Your Way Around the Weak “With”
- 16: 5 Qualities to Consider During Character Development
- 15: 5 Ways to Repair Misused Em Dashes
- 14: 10 Sentences with Muddled Meanings Made Clear
- 13: Draconian Implies Cruelty
- 13: 20 Great Similes from Literature to Inspire You
- 12: 7 Cases in Which the Name Is Not the Thing
- 11: Proper Use of The Semicolon
- 09: 5 Building Blocks of Your Character’s Personality
- 08: 5 Ways to Evaluate Your Writing Group
- 07: Proper Use of The Colon
- 06: 7 Steps to Becoming a Freelance Writer
- 05: 20 Great Opening Lines to Inspire the Start of Your Story
- 04: 5 Ways to Fix the Comma Splice
- 02: The Difference Between Copyediting and Proofreading
- 01: How to Motivate Your Characters
- 31: 7 Agenda Items for Your Writing Group’s First Meeting
- 30: 10 Steps for Editing Your Own Writing
- 29: 50 Problem Words and Phrases
- 28: The Perils of Slinging Slang
- 26: How to Become a Copy Editor
- 25: How to Start a Writing Group
- 24: I Just Got Wise to “Comprise”
- 23: 7 Great Online Research Resources for Writers
- 22: 5 Calls for a Comma Before “Because”
- 21: How to Find a Literary Agent
- 19: 5 Rules for Using Logic to Order Lists
- 18: 5 Reasons to Start a Writing Group
- 17: Coordinate and Noncoordinate Adjectives
- 16: How To Become A Writer
- 15: 100 Exquisite Adjectives
- 14: “That” Is Not Always Necessary
- 12: 7 Tactical Fixes for Syntactical Impact
- 11: Should You Try Copyediting?
- 10: 15 Top Writing Guides for Novelists
- 09: When to Capitalize Animal and Plant Names
- 08: 50 Rhetorical Devices for Rational Writing
- 07: 12 Tips for Clipping Unnecessary Words
- 05: Compound Words Don’t Always Compare
- 04: Should You Self-Publish?
- 03: 5 Points on Proper Usage for Proper Nouns
- 02: Do Some Research on Fact-Checking
- 01: 8 Rules About Punctuation and Quotation Marks
- 28: Should You Use Accent Marks?
- 26: 7 Dos for Dangling Modifiers
- 25: Making the Most of Palindromes
- 24: 5 Tips For Aspiring Freelance Writers
- 24: 7 Advisories About Abbreviations
- 23: 100 Whimsical Words
- 22: 7 Tips for Using Suspensive Hyphenation
- 21: 25 Writing Competitions You Should Enter
- 19: 7 Solutions for Sentences with Problematic Parallels
- 18: Beware of Buzzword Bingo
- 17: 5 Tips for Fixing “Not Only . . . But Also” Errors
- 17: The Pros and Cons of Freelance Writing Online
- 16: 7 Pep Talk Points About Writing
- 14: 10 Latin Abbreviations You Might Be Using Incorrectly
- 14: 5 Lessons for Mixing Past and Present Tense
- 12: Close the Gap on Prefixes and Suffixes
- 11: 5 Keys to Better Sentence Flow
- 10: 7 Tips for Writing for Online Readers
- 09: 7 Tips for Using Hyphens with Adjectives
- 08: 3 Things the Novelist Can Learn From the Copywriter
- 08: 100 Beautiful and Ugly Words
- 07: 7 Grammatical Errors That Aren’t
- 05: Misplaced Modifiers Mix Meanings
- 04: Here’s How to Treat Attribution, He Said
- 03: 7 Examples of Passive Voice (And How To Fix Them)
- 02: 5 Rules for Run-In Lists
- 01: 7 Tips for Overcoming Writer’s Block
- 31: 5 Billboard Taglines That Advertise Errors
- 29: Emphasis for Epithets and Personification
- 28: Let Your Wishes Be a Writing Prompt
- 27: 5 Ways to Set Smothered Verbs Free
- 26: 100 Mostly Small But Expressive Interjections
- 25: How to Avoid Bias in Your Writing
- 24: 7 Sentences Energized by Elegant Variation
- 21: Literally the Worst Mistake You Could Ever Make
- 20: How to Refer to Time
- 19: The DWT Freelance Writing Course Is Live
- 19: Where to Place the Possessive Apostrophe in a Surname
- 18: Use of Trademark Names in Fiction
- 17: 5 Examples of Extraneous Hyphens
- 15: How to Style Titles of Compositions
- 14: Put Parenthetical Phrases in Their Place
- 13: 10 Words for Categories of Words
- 12: 7 Myths About Freelance Writing Online
- 12: 7 Common Homonymic Spelling Errors
- 11: Find the Right Word for the Job
- 10: 5 Common Errors in Punctuating Appositives
- 08: Avoid Capital Offenses When Using Job Titles
- 07: The Problem with Grammar Check
- 06: How to Punctuate Quotations
- 05: Initialisms and Acronyms
- 04: 7 Rules For Formatting Lists
- 03: Use Common Sense for Commas
- 31: The Best of Daily Writing Tips in 2010
- 30: A Person Is Not a “They.” Neither Is an Army.
- 29: Rules for Capitalization in Titles
- 28: 5 Tips to Understand Hyphenated Words
- 27: 10 Writing Exercises to Tighten Your Writing
- 24: Afflict vs. Inflict
- 23: I Said Jerry Rig
- 22: “Because Of” and “Due To”
- 21: Writing Prompts 101
- 20: Spelling Isn’t Magic
- 17: Compound Modifiers: The Rush to Hyphenate
- 16: Writing Dialogue In Accents and Dialect
- 15: What Is Irony? (With Examples)
- 14: How to Add Emphasis to Your Writing
- 13: Does Your Dictionary Rule?
- 10: Kiss Anyone, Just Not the Gunner’s Daughter
- 09: Parenthetical Phrases
- 08: Compound Modifiers: Man-Eating Shark or Man Eating Shark?
- 07: 7 Essay Writing Tips To Ace Your Next Exam
- 06: The Case of the Misplaced Modifier
- 04: All About Abbreviations
- 03: A Little Fox Never Hurt Anyone
- 02: Whither The Semicolon? Whither The Comma?
- 01: Car-Wreck Compounds
- 30: The term “high concept”
- 29: Prima Donna
- 26: “Affiliate,” “Franchise,” and al-Qaeda
- 25: Inhibit vs Prohibit
- 24: Is “into” after “invade” really necessary?
- 23: What’s Your Novel’s Log Line?
- 22: Sin is Bad
- 19: Word Count and Book Length
- 18: “Blatantly” and “patently”
- 17: A Knight Errant and an Arrant Knave
- 16: Are You Writing a Memoir?
- 15: A Besetting Sin
- 12: Three Peeves in One Newspaper Article
- 11: Would You Like To Make Money Writing Online?
- 11: “Rhubarb” is not just a Vegetable
- 10: Clean out of spondulicks!
- 09: “Chick Lit,” Genre or Insult?
- 08: This is so gay!
- 05: “There’s” and “There are”
- 04: Embezzlement, Peculation, and Connotation
- 03: Explaining the Explanation Regarding “than he”
- 02: The Action/Adventure Genre
- 01: The Spellings of “Shun”
- 29: Trooper or Trouper?
- 28: What is “Pulp Fiction”?
- 27: Peace of Mind and A Piece of One’s Mind
- 26: Expanded and Extended
- 25: Cleave, Cleaver, and Clove
- 22: Taller Than He
- 21: Is Your Novel “Mystery,” “Thriller,” or “Suspense”?
- 20: Heart-rending and Gut-wrenching
- 19: English words Don’t (usually) End with “u”
- 18: Types of Ignorance
- 15: Using “zeitgeist” Coherently
- 14: “Virtue” is spelled “Virtue”
- 13: Parley and Parlay
- 12: What’s a “Literary” Novel?
- 11: In the Last Throes
- 08: Semi-, Demi-, and Hemi-
- 07: “Democrat” is a Noun
- 06: How to spell “in lieu of”
- 05: Myth and Misconception
- 04: What is “Experimental” Fiction?
- 01: What’s an “Ambigram”?
- 30: “Quit” as Predicate Adjective
- 29: Warbling and Garbling
- 28: “Despite” or “In Spite of”?
- 27: Language Lovers Unite!
- 24: The Writer’s 5 Ws
- 23: You Can Buy Our Book On The Kindle Now
- 23: What’s a “glitz novel”?
- 22: Interpreters and Commentators
- 21: Bits and Bytes
- 21: Flounder and Founder
- 20: “Ma’am” and Regional Colonialism
- 17: “Trifecta” Not Always Appropriate
- 16: Noun Clauses
- 15: Irish Potatoes and Pennsylvania Dutch
- 14: 20 Computer Terms You Should Know
- 14: Foiled Again!
- 13: Parallel Construction
- 10: Loanwords and Calques
- 09: Poetry Rhythm And Metre – Part 2
- 09: “To Tide You Over”
- 08: The Difference Between “Discreet” and “Discrete”
- 07: Here Is What People Are Saying About Our Book
- 07: Surprising or Not Surprising
- 06: Five Misleading Names
- 03: The Ambiguity of “Afraid”
- 02: Continue and “Continue on”
- 01: Are You Cutting With Shears or a Chainsaw?
- 01: Capitalizing Titles of People and Groups
- 31: One Die, Two Dice
- 30: Some Perennial Grammar Questions
- 27: “Near East” vs “Middle East”
- 26: Where to Put the Stress in “irrevocable”?
- 25: Want To Build Your First Website?
- 25: Compare and Contrast
- 24: 16 Manuscript Format Guidelines
- 24: The Cardinal Connection
- 23: “Breach” and “Break”
- 20: Pronouncing Words That End in -lm
- 19: Life Passed Me By
- 18: Restrictive Appositives
- 17: The Curious History of “Bead”
- 16: What Topics Do You Want To See Covered in The Blog?
- 16: Stanch and Staunch
- 13: Bust, Burst, and Arrest
- 12: Vaccination and Baccalaureate
- 11: 6 Tips for Focusing When Writing
- 11: Dictionaries and Lexicons
- 10: Is that a Hapax Legomenon?
- 09: Understanding the Gist of the Matter
- 07: Ferment and Foment
- 06: Fleshing Out and Flushing Out
- 05: Safety and Security
- 04: Poetry Rhythm And Metre – Part 1
- 04: Empathy “With” or Empathy “For”?
- 03: Beside and Besides
- 02: Awoken or Awakened?
- 30: Using “May” in a Question
- 29: Albatross and Alcatraz Island
- 28: The Discount Is Back: Buy Our Book Today for $9.99
- 28: Participles and Perfect Verb Tenses
- 27: Writing Clinic #3: The Trip
- 27: Do You Write Like Stephen King?
- 26: Repudiate, Refute, and Reject
- 24: Ingenious vs. Ingenuous
- 23: “Sleazy” and “slazy”
- 22: “Fun, Funner, Funnest”?
- 21: Overwhelm and Underwhelm
- 21: Spasmodic
- 20: Learn the Forms of “drink,” Please!
- 19: Bunting and Bunting
- 17: Hyper and Hypo
- 16: A Friend of Jim’s
- 15: What Exactly is “Folk Etymology”?
- 14: Math or Maths?
- 14: Confronting and Affronting
- 13: A Blessing in Blood
- 12: Aerial, Areal, and Ariel
- 10: Vertical and Vertiginous
- 09: Spitting Image
- 08: Using the Adjective “Lackadaisical”
- 07: Thank You Sponsors: July 2010
- 07: Curbs and Sidewalks
- 06: Bob’s Your Uncle!
- 05: Take Care with “Album”
- 05: One Sheep, Two Sheep, One Fish, Two Fish . . .
- 02: Hear, Hear!
- 01: One Fell Swoop
- 01: The Difference Between “Shade” and “Shadow”
- 30: Verbally and Orally
- 29: Last Day to Grab Our Book For Half The Price
- 29: Is She a “Lady” or a “Woman”?
- 28: Lucky Expressions
- 28: Alliteration
- 25: “Have” vs “Having” in Certain Expressions
- 24: Four “Censor” Words to Keep Straight
- 24: Could Have and Would Have
- 23: Why Freelance Writers Need an Evergreen Stable of Writing
- 23: “Make Peace With” and “Come to Terms With”
- 22: Let’s Hear A Little Respect for the Pluperfect
- 22: 100 Writing Mistakes To Avoid – The eBook
- 21: 100% Will Suffice
- 21: “Bored with,” or “bored of”?
- 18: “Gratitude” or “Gratefulness”?
- 17: “Nonce-words,” “For the Nonce,” and “Nonce”
- 16: To Outline or Not to Outline, That is the Question
- 16: “Cement” or “Concrete”?
- 15: Writing Clinic #2: Dear Co-Owners
- 15: What’s a “Factoid”?
- 14: 40 Twitter Hashtags for Writers
- 14: “Latter,” not “Ladder”
- 11: Abroad and Overseas
- 10: Abstruse and Obtuse
- 09: Come Join OnlineProfits.com – It Is Free Now
- 09: Normality and Normalcy
- 08: Can a “Chimera” be Real?
- 07: Twitter Fiction. Really!
- 07: “Adequate” is Adequate
- 04: Difference between “Pressing” and “Ironing”
- 03: I Pity the Full!
- 02: Plumber and Related Words
- 01: To Open a Pandora’s Box
- 31: Imminent, Immanent, and Eminent
- 31: Types of Rhyme
- 28: “About” and “For” with Adjectives
- 27: Event and Occasion
- 26: Made With Scratch?
- 26: Fluent in Speech and Affluent in Wealth
- 25: Writing Clinic #1: The Informal Email
- 25: This Sink Needs Fixed
- 24: When Should Poetry Rhyme?
- 24: Submissions and Submittals
- 21: Taking and Bringing
- 20: Telling a Good Poem from a Bad One
- 19: Freelance Writing 101
- 19: A Lesson in Spelling “Definite”
- 18: New Biweekly Column: The Writing Clinic
- 18: Peers and Piers
- 17: Don’t Begin at the Beginning
- 17: “Based in” and “based out of”
- 14: Clamoring and Clambering
- 13: The Quasi-adjective “Couple”
- 12: Hordes of People Shouldn’t Hoard
- 11: Business Writing 101
- 11: Whaling May Result in Weals
- 10: The Present Participle of Verbs Ending in -ie
- 10: PIN Number
- 07: Excited ABOUT, not “for”
- 06: Correct Use of the Adjective “Reincarnate”
- 05: Grant Writing Tips
- 05: Hale and Haul
- 04: DWT Poetry Competition: And The Winner Is…
- 04: When did “Beware” Become a Noun?
- 03: Please Let Your Interest Be “Piqued”
- 03: Portmanteau Words
- 30: April 2010 – Thanks DWT Sponsors
- 30: Ipso Facto and Other “Factos”
- 29: Shakespeare’s Vocabulary
- 28: I Miss Not Seeing You
- 28: Corporate English
- 27: DWT Poetry Competition: The Final
- 27: The Word is “Careless”
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- 23: Sources of Titles Drawn from Shakespeare
- 22: DWT Poetry Competition: Second Semi-Final
- 22: Book Titles from Shakespeare
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- 20: DWT Poetry Competition: First Semi-Final
- 20: 3 Common Latin Expressions
- 19: Getting Published on Kindle
- 19: Dandelions and Medallions
- 16: Excuse me!
- 15: DWT Poetry Competition: Fourteenth Round
- 15: “Icicle,” Another Good Word Down the Tubes
- 14: What Does “to bring to bear” Mean?
- 14: What the heck are “learnings”?
- 13: DWT Poetry Competition: Thirteenth Round
- 13: Everybody Speaks Hamlet
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- 09: Opinion of, Opinion on, Opinion about
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- 08: The Noun is “Plea,” the Verb is “Plead”
- 07: Take An Example
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- 06: DWT Poetry Competition: Eleventh Round
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- 01: DWT Poetry Competition: Tenth Round
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- 31: Don’t Waste “Decimate”
- 30: DWT Poetry Competition: Ninth Round
- 30: When to Spell Out Numbers
- 29: What Color is “Wan”?
- 29: 36 Poetry Terms
- 26: Weltering in Gore
- 25: DWT Poetry Competition: Eighth Round
- 25: “Homing In” and Plain “Honing”
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- 24: “Access” and “access to”
- 23: Word of the Day: Hermetic
- 23: DWT Poetry Competition: Seventh Round
- 23: Act of God and Vis Major
- 22: When to use “an”
- 22: How Much Is A “Billion”?
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- 18: DWT Poetry Competition: Sixth Round
- 18: The Many Meanings of “Sweat”
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- 17: Use “Elegant Variation” in Your Resumé
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- 16: Reverse and Invert
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- 11: What’s Going On with “Underestimate”?
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- 09: DWT Poetry Competition: Third Round
- 09: What To Do About Non-standard English
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- 02: DWT Poetry Competition: First Round
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- 01: Euhemerism and the Gods
- 26: What is an “Entree”?
- 25: The Past of “Pay” is “Paid”
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- 24: Some Advice about “Advise”
- 23: Word of the Day: Mishap
- 23: Story Writing 101
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- 22: Word of the Day: Offhand
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- 22: The Line is for the Toe
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- 12: Word of the Day: Maim
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- 03: Writing Contests Are Good Practice
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- 02: Word of the Day: Tautology
- 01: 1000 Posts, And A Favor To Ask
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- 30: Word of the Day: Cesspool
- 29: Threw and Through
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- 28: Don’t Snite in Public
- 27: Tapping into the Christian Market
- 27: And Also
- 26: 30 Religious Terms You Should Know
- 25: Truth or Fact?
- 22: Word of the Day: Wrangle
- 22: Motherland or Fatherland?
- 22: Word of the Day: Splurge
- 21: Getting a Raise and Getting a Rise
- 20: Word of the Day: Paroxysm
- 20: What Do You Call the Enemy?
- 20: Promote Your Writing On Facebook
- 19: “Human Readers” A Tautology?
- 18: Word of the Day: Derision
- 18: The Online Profits Training Program Is Open
- 18: Electric Cars and Electrical Engineers
- 15: “Completed Suicide”
- 14: Musings on the Uses of “Abash”
- 13: Talking Up Sales
- 13: How Do You Fare?
- 12: Warning, This Post May Be Stolen
- 11: Got Your Copy of The “Business Mistakes” Report?
- 11: The Naked Truth About “Gym” and “Gymno”
- 08: Time on Your Hands
- 07: Broadcast vs Broadcasted as Past Form
- 06: Proofreading from Hard Copy
- 06: “Certified” and “Certificated”
- 06: Word of the Day: Whim
- 05: To Put It Bluntly . . .
- 04: Waiting with Bated Breath
- 01: Step into the GLM Time Machine
- 31: Difference Between “Barbarous” and “Barbaric”?
- 30: Running Amok or Running Amuck?
- 30: Never Overlook the Arc
- 29: Taking another Pass at “Passed”
- 28: Feel Strong or Feel Strongly?
- 28: Back Up Your Writing
- 25: Happy Yuletide!
- 24: Beware of the Irregular Past Participle Forms
- 23: Creating Compelling Characters
- 23: What’s That Thingummy?
- 22: Tomayto or Tomahto?
- 21: Word of the Day: Heresy
- 21: Word Inflation, or Unnatural Syntax?
- 18: Word of the Day: Anew
- 18: Mistletoe
- 17: Word of the Day: Propaganda
- 17: “Epiphany” or Mere “Realization”?
- 16: Hint to Writers: Use the Thesaurus with Caution
- 16: Elision or tmesis?
- 15: Looking for Freelance Writing Jobs? Check This Site
- 15: A Cigarette Butt is One Thing…
- 14: Word of the Day: Peruse
- 14: Quotation Marks and Apostrophe S
- 14: Epicenter vs. Center
- 11: Word of the Day: Caveat
- 11: Jill Came Tumbling After
- 10: Word of the Day: Sift
- 10: Hey You!
- 09: Letter Writing 101
- 09: Difference Between “inure” and “enure”
- 08: Word of the Day: Sublimate
- 08: Thou lily-liver’d boy!
- 07: Word of the Day: Indulge
- 07: Best Foot Forward
- 07: Therefore and Therefor
- 04: Reign or Regime?
- 03: Word of the Day: Standstill
- 03: Verbification at Work
- 02: Word of the Day: Vex
- 02: 20 Tips For Winning Writing Contests
- 02: Ham and Eggs is or are?
- 01: Taser or Tazer? Tazing or Tasering?
- 30: The Serial Comma is OK with Me
- 30: Scotch
- 27: Word of the Day: Hustle
- 27: “Owing to” vs “Due to”
- 27: Writing with Computers Too Easy
- 26: Word of the Day: Ecclesiastic
- 26: Phrasal Verbs
- 26: Are you a Writer or A Person Who Writes?
- 25: How to Personalize Your Revision Checklist
- 25: Hamstrings and Hamstringing
- 24: Word of the Day: Secular
- 24: Royal Order of Adverbs
- 24: Cutting the Mustard
- 23: Word of the Day: Peripatetic
- 23: Google Alerts
- 23: Curating the Web
- 20: What the Heck are “Peeps”?
- 20: Gentlemen, Choose Your Weapons
- 19: Word of the Day: Browbeat
- 19: Subordinate Clauses and Commas
- 19: Sobeit and So Be It
- 18: So Sorry to Hear That You Were Impacted!
- 18: “Verbing” Nouns
- 17: Imply and Infer
- 17: “In” and “On” with Time Expressions
- 16: Word of the Day: Debase
- 16: Legs Akimbo
- 16: Literary Essays and School Essays
- 13: Retracing your steps
- 13: Hypercorrecting A Well-known Phrase
- 12: Bring and Take
- 12: Calloused or Callused?
- 11: Word of the Day: Ecumenical
- 11: Dialogue Helps to Tell Your Story
- 11: Playing with Titles
- 10: Word of the Day: Frantic
- 10: How to Seek Reprint Permission
- 10: Regarding Re:
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- 09: Mystery Writing Contest for Unpublished Novelists
- 06: Word of the Day: Oxymoron
- 06: Three Alternatives?
- 06: Parsons Chairs and Parsons
- 05: Word of the Day: Vernacular
- 05: Appositives and Possessives
- 05: Leech and Leach
- 04: Word of the Day: Yearn
- 04: Want To Start a Freelance Writing Career?
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- 04: Allude and Elude
- 03: Word of the Day: Quintessence
- 03: Divine Passive Voice
- 03: Can You Write “Mifiction”?
- 02: Word of the Day: Jettison
- 02: On the Use of “Nemesis”
- 30: The Negative Prefix il-
- 29: Word of the Day: Inure
- 29: Quoting Copyrighted Work
- 29: Catfights and Dogfights
- 28: Word of the Day: Folksonomy
- 28: Critical Analysis of Your Own Writing
- 28: The Demise of De Luxe
- 27: Word of the Day: Taxonomy
- 27: Expletives
- 27: Clauses and Phrases
- 26: The Art of Speaking
- 26: Here I thought “Nimrod” was a compliment!
- 23: Word of the Day: Trivial
- 23: Verbs in -ize and -ise
- 22: The Royal Order of Adjectives
- 22: Word of the Day: Scruple
- 22: What’s the Difference Between “Too” and “Also”?
- 21: Word of the Day: Rife
- 21: Who or That – That Is The Question
- 21: Words Often Misspelled Because of Double Letters
- 20: Word of the Day: Minion
- 20: How to Use Dashes
- 20: Illegal Aliens and Illegal Immigrants
- 19: Word of the Day: Ablution
- 19: Meddling with Mettle
- 16: Word of the Day: Harangue
- 16: The Many Uses of “Swipe”
- 15: Word of the Day: Placid
- 15: Anyway, Any Way, or Anyways?
- 15: The Curious Case of “Whet”
- 14: Word of the Day: Knotty
- 14: The Truth of Writing
- 14: Ambiguity or Futility?
- 13: Word of the Day: Bilk
- 13: Can And or But Begin a Sentence?
- 13: Finding Time to Write in High School
- 12: Word of the Day: Kindle
- 12: Writing – Art or Craft?
- 12: Soldiers or Troops?
- 09: Word of the Day: Mettle
- 09: Wardens and Guardians
- 08: Might, May, and Can
- 08: Word of the Day: Whet
- 08: Compared “to” or Compared “with”?
- 07: Word of the Day: Patois
- 07: Using the Question Mark
- 07: Other, Another and “A Whole Nuther”
- 06: Word of the Day: Prowess
- 06: Comma Before Too?
- 06: CamelCase
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- 02: Strolling Down the [AV]
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- 01: The Subjunctive Mood
- 01: Forget about the “Dark Ages”
- 30: Word of the Day: Gamut
- 30: Writing with Rhythm
- 30: Avert eyes, Divert attention
- 29: Word of the Day: Nihilism
- 29: Books About Writing
- 29: Foo Fighters and UFOs
- 28: Word of the Day: Arson
- 28: Are You Sure You Mean “Majority”?
- 25: Word of the Day: Ward
- 25: Ebook, eBook, ebook or e-book?
- 24: A Shout to Our Sponsors
- 24: Word of the Day: Burgeon
- 24: What’s the Difference Between “Say” and “Tell”?
- 23: Subject-Verb Agreement
- 23: Word of the Day: Fledge
- 23: Three Fairly New British Language References
- 22: Word of the Day: Lexicon
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- 22: “Loath” and “Loathe”
- 21: Word of the Day: Liaison
- 21: Doing Good
- 18: Time, Gentlemen, Please!
- 17: Choosing Between “If” and “Whether”
- 16: What do you call your Wordhord?
- 15: Want to Build a Successful Blog?
- 15: When Shortening “Synchronize,” Best Leave Off the “h”
- 14: For Our ESL Readers
- 11: Empathic or Empathetic?
- 10: “So” and “Therefore” Are Clumsy Companions
- 09: How to Describe Gibberish
- 08: The Writing Process
- 08: Stifle, already!
- 07: Nothing Wrong with “went missing”
- 04: That Annoying New Verb “disrespect”
- 03: The irrealis “were” can say hello to the Dodo
- 02: It’s Greeking to Me
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- 01: Sentence Flow
- 31: Online Style Guides
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- 26: “Critiquing” is not “Editing”
- 25: Short clauses can take commas
- 24: Needing to do A Few Things
- 21: The Post Office is Kitty-corner to the Court House
- 20: Ah, Those -ah words in English!
- 19: Nothing to do with Raspberries, Exactly
- 18: Fount of Wisdom
- 17: Brainstorms, Turning to Showers
- 14: “Only” Murder
- 13: Uses of “Dispose”
- 12: The Devil, Part Two
- 11: The Basic English Grammar eBook
- 11: Period Goes Inside Quotation Marks
- 10: Into the Breach!
- 07: Can’t we just “raise” the question?
- 06: Television and the Present Perfect Tense
- 05: “Persian” is a Lovely Word
- 04: Let’s Just Prosecute to the FULL extent of the Law.
- 03: First Steps in Plotting a Novel
- 31: Anorexia, Meet Orthorexia
- 30: How Do You Pronounce “Mozart”?
- 29: Making a Mountain Out of a Molehill
- 28: “Juridical” and “Juridicial”
- 27: An Exercise in Ambiguity
- 24: Sideways and Clockwise
- 23: Confusing “Passed” with “Past”
- 22: A Night in the MVSEVM
- 21: Charles’s Pen and Jesus’ Name
- 20: The Freelance Writing “X” Factor
- 20: That Dark Type is Called “Boldface”
- 17: The Four Sounds of the Spelling OU
- 16: Hopefully Caring Less About Shibboleths
- 15: 10 Tips for Taking Notes
- 14: The DWT Twitter Account Is Here
- 14: Verbing Nouns
- 13: A Girl Like I
- 10: One Space or Two At the End of a Sentence?
- 09: Running Errands and Doing Chores
- 08: Coming Down the Pike
- 07: When to Form a Plural with an Apostrophe
- 06: What’s Wrong with “Ain’t”
- 03: Emailing a Literary Agent
- 02: Could it Be, Just Possibly, All a Ruse?
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- 01: Why Bother About Correctness?
- 30: Judgement or Judgment?
- 29: MLA Gets With the Times
- 26: Why Can’t Style Manuals Just Agree?
- 25: “Pomp and Ceremony” or “Pomp and Circumstance?”
- 24: Is “Number” Singular or Plural?
- 23: Hippo Words
- 22: First Come, First Served
- 19: “Wracking” or “Racking” Your Brain?
- 18: Does Web Usage Matter?
- 17: Writing the Century
- 16: Trouble with “Vigorously” and “Vicariously”
- 15: Words for Saintly Golden Light
- 12: Oligarchy + Monopoly ≠ Oligopoly
- 11: Free Rein or Free Reign?
- 10: Worshiping and Kidnapping
- 09: Rule of Thumb
- 08: “Intact” is One Word
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- 03: Interview with Darren Rowse on Building a Better Blog
- 03: Subject Lines, Subscriptions and Submissions
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- 01: Bouncebackability
- 29: The Humble Foot
- 28: Italicizing Foreign Words
- 27: Airplane Ears
- 26: One “L” or Two?
- 25: Wake Up, Little Suzy!
- 22: Words Ending in -gue
- 21: Without Cease
- 20: In Search of a 4-Dot Ellipsis
- 19: Cannot or Can Not?
- 18: Writing a Reference Letter (With Examples)
- 18: Good to Be Back!
- 15: Let’s Party!
- 14: Laurels and What One Does With Them
- 13: When is a Door Not a Door?
- 12: Verbs Like “Know”
- 11: The Cat’s Pajamas
- 08: You Too Can Sponsor A Word!
- 07: What’s a Miscreant and How Is It Pronounced?
- 06: Masters Degree or Master’s Degree?
- 05: Principal Parts of the Verb TO FIT
- 04: Speak of the Devil!
- 01: When is a “Mistake” Not a Mistake?
- 30: Hurrah for the Lowly BUG
- 29: It’s Me vs It is I
- 28: How Can a War Be “Civil”?
- 27: Aesthetic or Aesthetical?
- 24: The Difference Between “Phonics” and “Phonetics”
- 23: Does “Mr” Take a Period?
- 22: Practice or Practise?
- 21: From Our Readers – Sneak/Snuck and WH
- 20: Taking Another Look at Strunk and White
- 17: Not Good or No Good?
- 16: Eating Humble Pie
- 15: Words beginning with “homo-”
- 14: A Harrowing Use of “Harry”
- 13: Civil Liberties and Civic Duties
- 10: Chopping Off Syllables
- 09: No Sooner Than (Not “When”)
- 08: Chocolate Covered or Chocolate-Covered?
- 07: Is There a Difference Between “Assume” and “Presume”?
- 06: Not Winning a Contest Doesn’t Mean Your Writing is No Good
- 03: Tracking the “Fangle” in “Newfangled”
- 02: Hurrah for the Index Card!
- 01: And The Winner Is… Orange Bubble Power!
- 01: Addressing Envelopes
- 30: Sneaking up on “Snuck”
- 27: Pronouncing Words that Begin with WH
- 26: How Drunk Are You? Let Me Count the Ways!
- 25: Character Tags in Fiction
- 24: The Many Faces of “Run”
- 24: Short Story Competition 2: The Grand Finale is Live!
- 23: That Elusive Will o’ the Wisp
- 20: Mmmm, You Dirty Rat!
- 19: Deep POV
- 18: Modernizing Liturgical English
- 17: Running “Toward” the House, or “Towards” the House?
- 16: In the Long Tail
- 13: How “Fancy” Should Your Manuscript Be?
- 12: Participles Fused and Otherwise
- 11: Pangrams and Lipograms
- 11: Short Story Competition 2: Ninth Round is Open for Voting
- 10: Can “Enclosure” go at the top of a letter?
- 09: More Than One Meaning for “Poke”
- 06: “Yours faithfully” or “Yours sincerely”?
- 05: An Unexpected Question About “You”
- 04: Sample Query Letters
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- 03: This Charette is Not A Tumbril
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- 02: The Changing Faces of “Present” and “Presentation”
- 27: Flautist or Flutist?
- 26: 3 Reasons to Ditch Your Novel’s Prologue
- 25: O Captain, My Captain!
- 24: Short Story Competition 2: Seventh Round is Open for Voting
- 24: The Difference Between “While” and “Whilst”
- 23: 4 Exasperating Malapropisms
- 20: I wish I were…
- 19: Tastes Good Like/As If…?
- 18: Not All Epithets are Insults
- 17: When -OT is [ət]
- 16: Short Story Competition 2: Sixth Round is Open for Voting
- 16: What’s a Retronym?
- 13: Satire, Parody, and other Forms of Ridicule
- 12: Trouble with “Did” and “Had”
- 11: Why So Much Anger Over Usage?
- 10: Short Story Competition 2: Fifth Round is Open for Voting
- 10: Don’t Overdo “Do”
- 09: Love Song to a Dictionary
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- 05: Tracking a Quotation
- 04: The Word is “Succumbed”
- 03: How Many Sentences in a Paragraph?
- 02: Short Story Competition 2: Fourth Round is Open for Voting
- 02: What Is A Pundit or Punditry?
- 30: Writing a Pitch
- 29: “Before” and “Ago”
- 28: How Long Should a Synopsis Be?
- 27: Interview with Rushang Shah, Founder of Gramlee
- 27: What’s the Difference Between a Speech and an Address?
- 26: Short Story Competition 2: Third Round is Open for Voting
- 26: What’s Your Style?
- 23: The Chief Justice’s Prepositional Slip
- 22: Making Sense of “Since”
- 21: Body Parts as Tools of Measurement
- 20: Reflections on “Versus”
- 19: Dealing With A Character’s Internal Thoughts
- 16: Swiss Army Knife for Writers
- 15: Time to Re-Read Orwell?
- 14: Are You Guilty of Genericide?
- 13: Short Story Competition 2: First Round Is Open for Voting
- 13: Words Formed from the Initial Letters of Other Words
- 12: Internet Marketing and Online Business Training Program
- 12: Is Your Novel Ready to Go?
- 09: When Most is Enough
- 08: Pass the Chile
- 07: Hey Clyde, Who’s That Harvey?
- 06: Short Story Competition 2: Deadline Is Now January 11
- 06: Be Sure to Dot Your is!
- 05: Banished Words of 2009
- 02: Beginning Your Mystery Novel
- 01: The Plural of “Calf” is “Calves,” or is it?
- 31: Can “blarney” be “in fine fettle”?
- 30: Mixing up “lay” and “lie”
- 29: Famous Books Rejected Multiple Times
- 26: December 26
- 25: “Dear Sir” and Other Business Conventions
- 24: Deck the Halls
- 23: The First Page
- 22: Data and Information
- 19: How Much Dialog is Too Much?
- 18: Demons, Daemons and Daimons
- 17: Passing the Buck Slip
- 16: “Self-Published” is not a Dirty Word
- 15: I Got the Blues
- 13: Why Are Dirty Jokes Funny?
- 12: Ken Follett’s Master Class for Novelists
- 11: Names “Epicene” and Otherwise
- 10: The Perils of Writing to Someone You Don’t Know
- 09: Even Talent Requires Revision
- 08: Merriam-Webster’s Words of the Year 2008
- 05: Are “Gone,” “Taken,” and “Written” on the Way Out?
- 04: December 2008: Thanks To Our Sponsors
- 04: Some “All” Words and Expressions
- 03: Short Story Competition 2: Send Us Your 1,000 Word Story
- 03: Words for Subservient People and Actions
- 02: 50 Incorrect Pronunciations That You Should Avoid
- 02: The Changing Pronunciation of “Leisure”
- 01: Don’t Be Too Eager to Publish
- 29: Word of the Day: Karma
- 28: Words to Describe Fearful Recoil
- 27: English Words Spelled with 3-letter /ī/
- 26: We’re in the Pink
- 25: What is a Split Infinitive?
- 24: The Difference Between “Un-” and “Dis-”
- 21: Hermes, God of the Word
- 20: Numskulls, Noodles, and Nincompoops
- 19: Word of the Day: Aura
- 19: What is Dative Case?
- 18: To “B” or Not to “B”
- 17: Should THAT Be Allowed to Stand In for WHO?
- 15: Be Your Own Ideal Reader
- 14: Words to Describe Degrees of Religiosity
- 13: Don’t Blame the Americans for this One!
- 12: Grammar Done Right – Interview With Karen Reddick
- 12: “A Historic” or “An Historic” Event?
- 11: Use Modal Verbs With Care
- 10: Idiots, Imbeciles, and Morons
- 07: Hurray for “Slew!”
- 06: “Colloquial” Does Not Have to Equate with “Ignorant”
- 05: Everybody is a Native Speaker, Nobody is a Native Writer
- 05: Is “Religulous” A Word?
- 04: Here Come the Candidates
- 03: Hoist With His Own Petard
- 01: Word of the Day: Stentorian
- 31: Apophenia — Filling the Blanks
- 30: Pronoun Use is NOT Rocket Science
- 30: Need Help Making Your Site Search Engine Friendly?
- 29: Word of the Day: Chagrin
- 29: Writing Resources for Teenagers
- 28: They, their, them, eggs and freckles!
- 27: Writing a Thank You Note
- 25: Punctuation Game
- 24: Autumn or Fall?
- 23: Vocabulary Test 2 Is Live!
- 22: Ruining Your Writing by Cheap Blogging
- 22: Word of the Day: Kernel
- 21: Using the Bible for Writing Ideas
- 21: What Kind of Competition Do You Want Next?
- 20: What Does [sic] Mean?
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- 17: NaNoWriMo – What It Is and Why You Should Join In
- 16: Word of the Day: Daunt
- 16: Write About What You Know
- 15: Dial One, Followed by the Octothorpe
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- 11: The -escent Suffix
- 10: Dialogue Writing Tips
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- 29: 12 Greek Words You Should Know
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- 26: Stephen King’s On Writing
- 25: Is That a Noun or a Verb? I’m Confused
- 24: Writing An Effective Fiction Query
- 23: How to Generate Hundreds of Writing Ideas
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