I confess. I’m a bit of a writing snob. As an editor for the past 25 years, I’ve read thousands of stories, slashing unnecessary words, dragging entire paragraphs into the trash and writing comments ...
It’s not everyday that we get a glimpse inside the minds (and Google Docs) of today’s students. But thanks to the all together immense power of big data, writing improvement tool NoRedInk analyzed ...
With the rise of modern technology and possibilities for remote work, the written word has become more important than ever. Of course, nobody’s perfect, and an occasional mistake or typo isn’t the end ...
In the professional world, your writing is important. You use it on a daily basis to express yourself and your ideas, and the way it’s received matters. It makes sense, then, to ensure that you’re ...
Ben Yagoda mentions that with proofreading, students might catch many of their errors (“The Seven Deadly Sins of Student Writers,” The Chronicle Review, September 8). In other words, perhaps many of ...
Accountants and finance professionals have to write every day. Whether you are composing a brief email message or a long report, you have important information that needs to be communicated to clients ...
Welcome back to Entrepreneur’s easy, no-tears guide to better grammar and writing. Lesson 1 covered correct use of pronouns and strategies to cut wordiness. A dangling expression is one that doesn’t ...
He was the first person in his family to attend college. His mother had sacrificed to get him there, had wanted a better life for him than hers, and now, on his first day of work he was excited. And ...
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Compiling a formal business plan can be a daunting task for an entrepreneur. The reality, of course, is that these documents are a necessity for any company. And, to be honest, they’re not as hard to ...
A dangling expression is one that doesn’t fit logically into the rest of the sentence. It “dangles” — often because it’s a verb phrase in search of a subject which never turns up. Consider these ...