Here is a guest post written by Lisa Shoreland.
Fun to say. Not so easy to spell. But sure to bring your writing to life. Onomatopoeia refers to words that – when you say them aloud – suggest the sound of the objects they name. Examples abound:
Here is a guest post written by Lisa Shoreland.
Fun to say. Not so easy to spell. But sure to bring your writing to life. Onomatopoeia refers to words that – when you say them aloud – suggest the sound of the objects they name. Examples abound:
Topics: onomatopoeia, literary devices, business writing
The following guest post was written by one of our former editors, Lynnette Goldy. Here's an example of something that really gets Lynnette steaming!
Topics: grammar
Today, I thought I'd share a question from a visitor to our site and the response given by Phil Jamieson, president of ProofreadNOW.com.
Topics: English language, punctuation, pronouns, Chicago Manual of Style
I don't know about you, but personally I'm glad to see the end of 2010! It was a challenging year for many of us. I can't quite remember a year when I have known so many people who have lost their jobs, been forced to move, or have lost loved ones.
We recently received the following question from one of our readers:
Topics: errors, published documents
The following is a guest post from Maria Ranier.
Topics: proofread, proofreading, spelling, proofeading technique, spell-check software, homonyms
I received the following from one of our editors, Marie Stewart. Neither Marie nor I could find information about the author of this piece although we found it quite a few times on the Internet without any attribution.
Topics: misused words, two letter word
Topics: business writing, punctuation, spell check
We receive lots of grammar and punctuation questions from customers and visitors to our site. This week, I thought I'd post a question we received about quotations along with Phil Jamieson's answer. In coming weeks, I'll post some of the other questions we've received along with their answers.
Topics: quotations, business writing, punctuation, grammar
The following post is by guest blogger, Tom Drinkard. Tom challenges all of us to see how well our spell checkers work.
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