Most of us will graciously overlook a rare spelling or typing mistake. But be warned: if your messages to clients or colleagues are frequently littered with these basic errors, you’re likely harming your professional image. From Daily Muse, Inc: 16 Spelling Mistakes You Need to Stop Making — Now
Category: Grammar Tip
Tips and explanations for tricky constructions
Aug 25
Who or whom? A fun lesson
Apr 20
So there!
While writers do best to avoid using so as an adjective intensifier, it is a perfectly legitimate conjunction. (Remember FANBOYS? For, and, nor, but, or yet, so.) A conjunction joins two phrases or clauses. I was exhausted so I had no trouble falling asleep. We missed breakfast and lunch while waiting in the ticket line, …
Apr 17
So…what?
Using ‘so’ to intensify an adjective is common in speech and informal writing (I was so tired after the exam, or we waited in line for so long this morning) but avoid it in formal or professional writing. Instead of ‘so tired,’ ‘exhausted’ or ‘beat’ might convey the same meaning in a richer way. Instead …
Jan 13
Your and You’re
David and I had dinner in Stephenville, Texas last week and saw this sign in the parking lot. Sometimes mistakes are so big that you literally must take a step back to see them! Use you’re only as a contraction of you are: you’re late for breakfast, you’re angry with Lucinda, you’re only as good …