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Are you trying to improve your writing skills? If so Daily Writing Tips is the right place for you. Featuring daily tips about grammar, spelling, punctuation, copywriting and more!

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Needing to do A Few Things

Posted on August 23, 2009
A young man insists on doing violence to the uncountable noun "stuff." Your Free Ebook: Click here to download the Basic English Grammar ebook.

The Post Office is Kitty-corner to the Court House

Posted on August 20, 2009
Do you say "catty-cornered," "kitty-corner," or cat-a-corner"? Your Free Ebook: Click here to download the Basic English Grammar ebook.

Ah, Those -ah words in English!

Posted on August 19, 2009
Is it "savannah" or "savanna"? Your Free Ebook: Click here to download the Basic English Grammar ebook.

Nothing to do with Raspberries, Exactly

Posted on August 18, 2009
You may soon be seeing media coverage of a newly-discovered threat to the already endangered honey bee population called Rasberry crazy ants. That's not a typo for "raspberry." Your Free Ebook: Click here to download the Basic English Grammar ebook.

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Fount of Wisdom

Posted on August 17, 2009
A reader asks: Is the correct expression "fount of wisdom" or "font of wisdom"? Your Free Ebook: Click here to download the Basic English Grammar ebook.

Brainstorms, Turning to Showers

Posted on August 16, 2009
Some sensitive souls consider the expression "to brainstorm" politically incorrect. Your Free Ebook: Click here to download the Basic English Grammar ebook.

?Only? Murder

Posted on August 13, 2009
Which is worse: assassination or murder? Your Free Ebook: Click here to download the Basic English Grammar ebook.

Uses of ?Dispose?

Posted on August 12, 2009
The verb "to dispose" has more than one use. Your Free Ebook: Click here to download the Basic English Grammar ebook.

The Basic English Grammar eBook

Posted on August 11, 2009
Last year we had a series called "English Grammar 101", where the basic grammar rules were covered. Many readers asked if it was possible to transform that series into an ebook. Your Free Ebook: Click here to download the Basic English Grammar ebook.

The Devil, Part Two

Posted on August 11, 2009
Another look a "printer's devil" and a nostalgic reminiscence of life in a letterpress print shop. Your Free Ebook: Click here to download the Basic English Grammar ebook.

Period Goes Inside Quotation Marks

Posted on August 10, 2009
When does a period go inside the quotation marks? Your Free Ebook: Click here to download the Basic English Grammar ebook.

Into the Breach!

Posted on August 09, 2009
I guess King Harry's famous speech isn't as famous as it used to be. Network: Visit Daily Blog Tips to improve your blog!Into the Breach!

Can?t we just ?raise? the question?

Posted on August 06, 2009
The misuse of the expression "to beg the question" has become widespread. Network: Visit Daily Blog Tips to improve your blog! Can’t we just “raise” the question?

Television and the Present Perfect Tense

Posted on August 05, 2009
Good grammar and good TV titles don't always agree. Network: Visit Daily Blog Tips to improve your blog! Television and the Present Perfect Tense

?Persian? is a Lovely Word

Posted on August 04, 2009
Why do many English writers refer to the Persian language as "Farsi"? Network: Visit Daily Blog Tips to improve your blog! “Persian” is a Lovely Word

Let?s Just Prosecute to the FULL extent of the Law.

Posted on August 03, 2009
Prosecuting someone to "the full extent of the law" is sufficient. Network: Visit Daily Blog Tips to improve your blog! Let’s Just Prosecute to the FULL extent of the Law.

First Steps in Plotting a Novel

Posted on August 02, 2009
Are plots really "a dime a dozen"? Network: Visit Daily Blog Tips to improve your blog! First Steps in Plotting a Novel

Anorexia, Meet Orthorexia

Posted on July 30, 2009
There's a new word for being obsessed about "eating healthy." Network: Visit Daily Blog Tips to improve your blog! Anorexia, Meet Orthorexia

How Do You Pronounce ?Mozart??

Posted on July 29, 2009
When it comes to living people, the pronunciation of a name can be settled by asking the person to whom it belongs. That's not the case with the names of long-dead writers or composers. Network: Visit Daily Blog Tips to improve your blog! How Do You Pronounce “Mozart”?

Making a Mountain Out of a Molehill

Posted on July 28, 2009
One of our readers used this expression in a recent comment: make a mountain out of a mole hole I assumed that the writer had intended to write the common expression make a mountain out of a molehill. I was about to shrug it off as a typo and move on when I thought I’d just Google the unfamiliar [...

?Juridical? and ?Juridicial?

Posted on July 27, 2009
What's the difference between "juridical process" and "juridicial process"? Network: Visit Daily Blog Tips to improve your blog! “Juridical” and “Juridicial”

An Exercise in Ambiguity

Posted on July 26, 2009
Phrasal verbs can be a source of ambiguity. Network: Visit Daily Blog Tips to improve your blog! An Exercise in Ambiguity

Sideways and Clockwise

Posted on July 23, 2009
What does a "wise man" have to do with describing a motion as "clockwise?" Network: Visit Daily Blog Tips to improve your blog! Sideways and Clockwise

Confusing ?Passed? with ?Past?

Posted on July 22, 2009
Confusing "past" with "passed" is a common writing error. Network: Visit Daily Blog Tips to improve your blog! Confusing “Passed” with “Past”

A Night in the MVSEVM

Posted on July 21, 2009
Why is the word "museum" sometimes seen as "MVSEVM"? Network: Visit Daily Blog Tips to improve your blog! A Night in the MVSEVM

The Freelance Writing ?X? Factor

Posted on July 20, 2009
All right, let's go straight to the point: there is no writing tip in this post, and yes it contains a plug for a paid product. However, I am not writing this for money, but rather because I think the product could be useful and worth it for many of you guys...

Charles?s Pen and Jesus? Name

Posted on July 20, 2009
Here are some thoughts about the minefields of the apostrophe to form the possessive of singular nouns. Network: Visit Daily Blog Tips to improve your blog! Charles’s Pen and Jesus’ Name

That Dark Type is Called ?Boldface?

Posted on July 19, 2009
Here's a new usage that gives me that fingernails-down-the-blackboard feeling. Network: Visit Daily Blog Tips to improve your blog! That Dark Type is Called “Boldface”

The Four Sounds of the Spelling OU

Posted on July 16, 2009
In response to the post on “all a rouse,” Paul Wilkins wrote I am wondering why people are misusing rouse to mean ruse. What other spellings of common words are there that would cause them to think that rouse is pronounced in the same was as ruse? The only only one that comes to mind is [...

Hopefully Caring Less About Shibboleths

Posted on July 15, 2009
[We should] tax all people 90% for misusing "hopefully." Network: Visit Daily Blog Tips to improve your blog! Hopefully Caring Less About Shibboleths

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