May 6, 2013 · Which symbol should be used with numbers: a hyphen (-), or an en dash (–)? The question may seem trivial -- a dash is a dash, right? -- but using the correct

May 19, 2009 · The Washington State University language site says: These two spellings [cannot/can not] are largely interchangeable, but by far the most common is “cannot” and you should probably …

Sep 8, 2016 · Parentheses serve several specific functions, but their general purpose is to set a grammatical unit of content off from the surrounding text. The

Two words that sometimes get confused are “disparate” and “desperate”. They have quite different meanings, but they can sound very similar in some accents, and if you’re using autocorrect, you …

Feb 8, 2008 · It will catch such howlers as “recieve,” “seperate,” and “dalmation,” but not homonyms like site/sight, and rite/right. Computers are great, but they are no substitute for the human brain. Run …

Jan 9, 2014 · Most word processing programs have a built-in spell checker, but business correspondence still goes out with misspelled words that a checker would have caught.

Dec 11, 2012 · 2. Wrong Vowel Using an incorrect vowel is a common problem, leading to such misspellings as definately (or the bizarre variant definatly), dependant, privelege, rediculous (a …

Jun 9, 2008 · If you work in an office, you probably write emails every day – to colleagues, to your boss, to clients. Even if you’re still at college, you’ll need to email

Writers like to sprinkle their work with subordinate clauses because they add variety to sentence structure. A reading diet too heavy with simple sentences or

Jan 20, 2011 · It’s time to talk about time: specifically, how to write references to units of temporal measurement. This post will note style for increments from seconds to