by Greg Secrist | Jan 20, 2021 | Writing Tips
How to Use Keywords in Your Content for SEO How to Use Keywords in Your Content for SEO Since search engines use keywords as a jumping off point when filtering results, it’s incredibly important to make sure that you know how to use keywords in your content...
by Zibby Alexander | Jan 19, 2021 | GrammarSpot
What Is a Preposition? An Explanation With Examples What Is a Preposition? An Explanation With Examples You may have guessed it already: I’m a nerd. I love nerdy knowledge things like “Jeopardy!” and researching how prepositions work and why it’s so easy to get...
by Jean Little | Jan 19, 2021 | GrammarSpot, Writing Tips
How to Properly Use Semicolons Why did the semicolon break up with the period? Because they had nothing in comma. If there is any post on punctuation that should begin with a joke, it is this one. Whenever I talk about semicolons, I can just feel people around me...
by Marissa Metcalf | Jan 18, 2021 | Writing Tips
Spotting and Fixing Sentence Fragments Most writers are familiar with the rule that every sentence should contain a subject, verb and complete thought. Look around, though, and you’ll see this rule broken often, sometimes on purpose, other times less so. Whether you...
by Kate Meier | Jan 18, 2021 | GrammarSpot
Punctuating Quotations: It’s Like, “Whoa!” Here’s the thing about punctuating quotations: The grammar rules for it are not always logical. If you write in British English, it’s a cinch because they follow just one rule. However, in the United States, we got all...
by Britainy Sorenson | Jan 17, 2021 | GrammarSpot, Writing Tips
What Are Helping Verbs? What Are Helping Verbs? I am a person small in stature, which is something my three boys will probably figure out someday. I am not tiny per se, but I am a bit on the short side. This means that when I need to reach something that’s on the top...
