No Chicanery – But a Take on Chicane
English has many words with multiple meanings. Can we say there’s an art to using …
Make Those Needless Words Vanish
Can you write fewer words and keep the meaning you intended? Of course! If you …
A Return to Yesteryear
You may consider the word “yesteryear” to be a clumsy fusion of “yesterday” and “year”. …
Kerfuffle
Some seldom-used words have a particular charm: their meaning is clear simply from their spelling …
Words that Aren’t Quite Words
Copying and pasting text or images is an established and tidy practice: we copy the …
Slash Those Superfluous Words
Good composition includes slashing all needless words from your business writing. But to do that, you …
What Words Should We Look Forward to in 2019?
Partly Sunny – Or Partly Cloudy?
Weather fascinates in both its variety and vocabulary. A still night can morph into a …
The Wonder of Frankenfood
Monsters aren’t always scary, especially not in cartoons that decorate packages of fun foods, such …
10 Tips to Tidy Up Your Holiday Messages
A Nitpicker’s Guide to Fixing Common Writing Gaffes Before you write another batch of holiday …