Make Those Needless Words Vanish
Can you write fewer words and keep the meaning you intended? Of course! If you …
Slash Those Superfluous Words
Good composition includes slashing all needless words from your business writing. But to do that, you …
10 Tips to Tidy Up Your Holiday Messages
A Nitpicker’s Guide to Fixing Common Writing Gaffes Before you write another batch of holiday …
Editing: The Last Mile of Effective Writing
Ask children to describe their dream job and the response will be clear: a firefighter …
How Many Are “A Number Of”?
A number of people, a number of cities, a number of times … if you’re …
Be Gobsmacked By Wonderful Words
What’s a “gobsmacking” news conference like? That unusual word was chosen by The New York …
The Good, the Bad and the Sublime
Pundits claim that despite its label of being a simple sport, there’s much more to …
Say Adieu to Needless Words!
“Many of the most needless words are little ones that fill up sentences the way …
Wonderful Words: Fare-thee-well
Wonderful words stop the reading eye like no others. Commenting in a New York Times …