How to Avoid Overusing the Word ‘That’ in Your Writing For a few years during elementary school, virtually every sentence my friends and I uttered included the word “like.” This awful speech habit led to plenty of well-deserved ridicule, which made me...
When To Use a Colon in AP Style I used to feel pretty confident in my grasp of grammar and style rules, until my first encounter with Associated Press style (AP style) and its distinct guidelines. AP style is widely used in journalism and other professional writing,...
Your Complete Guide to Comma Rules If you’ve heard that joke about a panda bear entering a restaurant and eating, shooting, and leaving, you know that the difference between “eats, shoots and leaves” and “eats shoots and leaves” matters. This example is more...
Mastering the AP Style Rules for Abbreviations I’m a huge fan of abbreviations because they make communication easier and spare me from unnecessary typing. When I’m writing in Associated Press style, though, it sometimes feels like these benefits disappear,...
Commonly Confused Words: Affect and Effect Do you want your writing to affect readers’ opinions or have some other effect? Do you find logical arguments or affective language more effective? Do the similar spellings and related meanings of affect vs. effect make you...
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