You’ve been out of the classroom for how long?
Your English teacher’s name was … ?
Why am I asking? I’m starting to think about New Year’s resolutions. (I know, I know, it’s still early December.)
If self-improvement is on your 2019 radar, and if fine-tuning your writing and speaking skills is among your targets, make brushing up on basic grammar your first step.
My definition of grammar: the words we choose, how we string them together, and how we punctuate them to make sense. Continue
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As the United States has struggled with catastrophic hurricanes, wildfires and mass shootings, I’ve heard people stumble over the use and pronunciation of incident and incidents, and of incidence (a valid word) and incidences (not a valid word in plural form).
If you send holiday greetings, or if you ever sign a gift card on behalf of your whole family, here’s a tip about writing a family name.
If you haven’t heard my definition of grammar, here it is:
I have a thing about redundancies.
“We’re judged by the way we write and speak,” I often say.
Are there still 
Bullet points help readers scan what you’ve written, quickly drawing attention to key issues and facts. They can tell readers what needs to be done, provide step-by-step instructions, highlight important elements, or list features.
In the typewriter age, titles were set off with quotation marks or underlining:
Today is a holiday in the U.S. — The Fourth of July (Independence Day) — so many of you probably are not in your office or at your computer.
