Mistaken Words
by Laura @ Word Grrls grammarWhat are your words? The ones you always have to look up and check spelling or meanings? Looking at a book with “the most common mistakes in English usage” I found a couple of my own.
10 Tips to Writing Better English
by Laura Fabiani @ NouveauWriter grammarFor some of us, writing comes easy. For others, they are shocked when an editor can spot basic grammar, spelling, and punctuation errors. If we are to succeed as writers, we had better learn to polish our writing. Competition is fierce. If we want to stand out for our quality writing, let’s learn to avoid those blatant errors that will scream across the page and brand us as unprofessional or amateurish.
Pronoun Confusion – Who’s Who Here?
by Bill Henderson @ Write a Better Novel grammarDon’t make the mistake of letting your reader get lost in a forest of pronouns. Often, this happens in scenes where two characters are talking about a third–and all three are of the same sex. It’s a trivial confusion, but potentially fatal to your work.
I Said, He Said, We Said
by Susan Johnston @ The Urban Muse grammarDo you say “I have over ten years of writing experience”? Or “Jane Smith has over ten years of writing experience”? Or, as you sometimes see, “we have over ten years of writing experience”? I think it depends on the kind of impression you want to make on your website.
Here are the pros and cons to each option.
Be Serious About Your Skills
by James @ Men with Pens grammarpunctuationtipsThere is more to writing than putting words on paper. Just because you have good imagination and can come up with interesting text doesn’t mean you’re a good writer. Knowing how to write properly is vital to freelance writing success. Nothing you write will read well if you haven’t used language skills to pen your text.