EASY EDITS: Is Alright Ever All Right?
By DeAnna Cameron // Many writers use alright or all right in their manuscripts without ever giving it a second thought, and why should they? Both versions convey the same Continue reading
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EASY EDITS: Start Your Own Writer’s Style Guide
By DeAnna Cameron // Remember when we talked about style guides and how they can help writers improve the quality of their manuscripts? Have you started one for yourself yet? Continue reading
EASY EDITS: Exceptions to the Possessive Rules
By DeAnna Cameron // Last month, we covered how to properly create possessive words with an apostrophe, and those rules apply most of the time. Sometimes there are exceptions, though. Continue reading
EASY EDITS: An SOS on Apostrophe-S (Possessive Words)
By DeAnna Cameron // Most of the time, it’s pretty easy to create a possessive of a singular word. You apply an apostrophe and an s to the end of Continue reading
EASY EDITS: An SOS on Apostrophe-S (Plural Words)
By DeAnna Cameron // Apostrophes may be small, but they can be tricky little devils, especially when it comes to the rules about forming plural and possessive words. Unlike contractions, Continue reading
EASY EDITS: Tricks for Remembering Troublesome Words
By DeAnna Cameron // Homophones are problematic by nature. They’re words that sound the same but are spelled differently and mean different things. Some of the most common ones we Continue reading
EASY EDITS: How to Avoid the A Vs. An Mistakes
By DeAnna Cameron // Sometimes the littlest things can trip us up when it comes to self-editing. Take the articles “a” and “an” for instance. We all know “a” precedes Continue reading
EASY EDITS: The Quandary of Single Quotation Marks
By DeAnna Cameron // Some writers use single quotation marks and double quotation marks interchangeably when it comes to dialogue, considering them to be nothing more than a stylistic preference. Continue reading
EASY EDITS: Don’t Be Led/Lead Astray
By DeAnna Cameron // In a world where the past tense of “read,” with a long “e” sound, is “read” with a short “e” sound, it would seem that “lead,” Continue reading
EASY EDITS: Language Rules Aren’t Set in Stone (or Concrete)
By DeAnna Cameron // Last month, we talked about how “whoa” is transforming into “woah,” especially among younger people, and it reminded me how much, and how quickly, the English Continue reading