Commonly Confused Words: Between vs. Among To me, the difference between the words between and among is like the difference between a Phillip’s head screwdriver and a star-shaped screwdriver. Even though both of these screwdrivers pretty much do the same thing,...
Watch Out for Words That Have Changed Meaning Over Time My friend Kathy was talking about her frustrating day at work. She’d spent hours on the phone with customer service, trying to fix a billing error. “My head was literally exploding!” I looked over at Kathy, who...
Avoiding Sexist Language in Writing Recently, my two-year-old son has learned that there is a difference between boys and girls. A few weeks ago, my husband was explaining that Connor and Daddy were boys, but that Mommy was a girl. While he listened, Connor seemed...
Commonly Confused Words: There vs. Their vs. They’re Nothing will raise more of an uproar on the Internet than using there, their, and they’re the wrong way. If you want to protect your online writing reputation and avoid snarky remarks from your friends, it’s...
Writing Gimmicks You Need To Stop Using Earlier this week I was in the mall and walked by a sign that read, “Got Games?” If ever an eye roll was deserved, it was then. The “Got Milk?” campaign first came out in October 1993; that was 21 years ago, you guys. So why are...
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