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When referring to a person who has completed something, whether it be a job, political office, or marriage/relationship should you use the term “ex-” or “former”? This is a pet peeve of mine, as I often hear people use “ex” when they should use “former”. Usually, “ex-”, which is a prefix, is used if the [...]

It is not quite 9:30am and already I have finalized a project, answered all of my emails and responded to a request via my website for two prospective projects. I am an early riser and a definitely a morning person. Many people say you should workout first thing and have it done for the day, [...]

So, these two terms are relatively simple to use.  Proper placement is EVERYTHING here. Of course, the definition is most important.  To define each of these equally confusing terms, let’s turn to Webster. ‘Its’ is an adjective.  The term ‘its’ is used to explain something relating to itself.  Here is an example of ‘its’ being [...]

Your marketing plan, which is a part of your larger comprehensive business plan, is a road map to keep you and your business on track. Your marketing plans and strategies begin forming as soon as you decide on going into business. Writing your marketing plan is a project; revising, updating, and implementing it on an [...]

These terms right here, are 100% interchangeable.  It doesn’t actually matter which is used.  Now, your professor/client/general reader may look at you funny if you use ‘all right’ only because it’s outdated. Here’s an interesting tidbit, according to the “word people” at Webster, the one-word spelling of alright came about 75 YEARS after the original [...]

Who or Whom? No, this is not an owl impression.  These are two words so controversially similar, they’ve sparked debate among the most esteemed of writers and educators. Both of these words serve as pronouns (words that can be substituted for nouns or noun phrases defined by context). *Who – What or which person or [...]

There are many numerous ways to promote yourself to future clients.  Here, we go over the dynamics of one way to promote your skill sets to an editor of a publication.  A query letter writer should follow the four parts of the AIDA formula explained in Robert Bly’s Secrets of A Freelance Writer: How To [...]

Further or Farther? Further and farther could not be closer if they were the same word.  Although these words are interchangeable, they do hold different meanings. Further means to explain something to a degree or extent and can be used to modify a sentence.  ”I was further annoyed by his constant questions.”  Further can also [...]

Everyone loves a good story. Whether you watch a great television, see an award-winning movie, attend a sold-out play, or read a highly recommended book, it is because someone had a story to tell. “Narrative” comes from the word “narrate” which of course means to tell a story; narrative writing includes novels, biographies, autobiographies, short [...]

A very common English grammar error, and one of my favorites because the result of the error is often very funny, is the “dangling modifier”. A modifier is a word or phrase that changes the meaning of another word. Adjectives and adverbs are modifiers. A house. A big house. A big green house. He ate the [...]