Back when I did a series on grammar pet peeves, several readers responded that their own pet peeves were apostrophe errors, especially mistakes involving it's/its and you're/your. This e-letter has never dealt with apostrophe errors simply because I don't [...]
To celebrate the beginning of 2017, here are 17 random and sometimes whimsical tips to help you produce clear, effective written communications.
The rules for colons and semicolons are simple. There are no judgment calls to speak of. If you have trouble with colons and semicolons, it's probably because you've learned rules that are not rules at all.
I thought I was running out of pet peeves after the first or second of these grammar-oriented e-letters, or maybe it was the third. But I'm not, and apparently neither are my readers. 1. Like [...]
I'm into communications strategy - the big-picture side of clear, effective communications. But my readers seem to be into grammar tidbits. I've gotten a lot of tweets and Facebook comments over my e-letters on usage [...]
