July 2012 - DAILY WRITING TIPS

Directions for Direct Address

July 3, 2012 by Mark Nichol

This post, dear reader, describes proper punctuation and capitalization associated with writing in which one or more people are being addressed by name or role. Confusion abounds about how or whether to set off a proper or common noun that serves as a label for one or more people from a statement directed at that … Read more

Good Advice About Bad Writing

December 20, 2023July 2, 2012 by Mark Nichol

How does one avoid being a bad writer? Presumably, most people visiting or subscribing to this site needn’t concern themselves with being accused of high crimes against the English language, but allow me to make a distinction between poor writing and bad writing. Poor writing is lazy, careless writing, an attempt to communicate without adequate … Read more

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