Quotation Marks, Apostrophes, and Other Raised Symbols
This post details the function of various symbols that appear the top of a line of type to communicate additional […]
The Freelance Writing Course is Back with 50% Discount If You Join Today
Today we are opening the 2018 edition of the Freelance Writing Course. Over 1,300 students have taken the course in […]
30+ Old Norse Words You Already Know
Probably you’ve never studied Conversational Viking, let alone claimed to speak it. But the language of the Vikings, Old Norse, […]
Top 10 Online Tools to Help You Write the Perfect Essay
Writing essays can be tough … and sometimes you need all the help you can get. The great news is […]
Markets and Merchants
Market and attendant words, deriving from the Latin verb mercari, meaning “trade,” are listed and defined in this post. Market, […]
Be a Ruthless Editor
Hard rules are a good thing for writers sometimes. The sonnet is one of the strictest forms of poetry, but […]
How Artificial Intelligence is Changing Writing
Will robots eventually have writers out of a job? Are we going to see computers writing the next Great American […]
Names of Animals and Insects Formed by Folk Etymology
This post lists words derived from words in other languages as a result of folk etymology, a process by which […]
Top 10 Resume Writing Tips for 2018
Writing a resume can be really tough. You know you need to convince an employer that you’re the best person […]
Phrasal Verbs and Phrasal Nouns
A phrasal verb is a verb consisting of two or more words—a verb and (usually) a preposition or a particle—that, […]
Oxford Comma: Yes or No? A Compilation of Opinions and Recommendations
First things first: what is the Oxford comma? Also called serial comma, it is a comma placed after the penultimate […]
A Guide to Terminal Punctuation
This post outlines the functions of punctuation marks employed at the end of a sentence: the period, the exclamation point, […]