March 14 Editing Quiz with ANSWERS!

1) ”You don’t get a second chance to make a first impression” Well, if you want to make a good first impression, watch the direction of your quotation marks and don’t forget the period at the end of your sentence! Two punctuation mistakes in one sentence is not going...

March 22 Editing Quiz!

It’s not just the “little guys” who make mistakes. Mistakes are all over. It’s really a shame. Yay! You’re now following Tiffany & Co. amethyst in your eBay Feed. You will receive email alerts for new listings. Dont send me e-mail...

March 7 Editing QUIZ PLUS ANSWERS!

1) But instead, he has defeated attitude. Frankly, to me, he comes off unprofessional. No surprise that these two sentences are from the same writer (I will not call this person an “author.”) Okay, first thing: no italics. Italics is for emphasis and not appropriate...

March 14 Editing QUIZ

“Professional” speakers are among the last people to recognize the importance of proper presentation, which, when you think about it, is hard to understand, and especially so when you get to the upper reaches of speakers—the people with serious speaking...

IN MY OPINION, March 7, 2016

“In the book, you talk about having been a trio with two other girlfriends who got married at the same time; as all of you guys saw it to some degree, they’d moved on together, leaving you behind.” —Jia Tolentino,...