by Liz Coursen | Aug 14, 2017 | Uncategorized
I’m writing two books right now—Comma Common Sense and Happy Hyphens (a tentative title)—and am collecting examples of how not to use commas and hyphens. Where could I go to collect examples faster than to the referral organization to which I belong and look at...
by Liz Coursen | Aug 6, 2017 | Uncategorized
I’ve noticed an uptick in “up” words that are, well, they are stupid. We’ve already discussed the inanity of “up-skill.” Who thought up that gem? Just now, however, on a deplorably messy site, I found another “uppity”...
by Liz Coursen | Aug 5, 2017 | Uncategorized
You know, I’m beyond “over” smug people who are “authors.” You watch someone swank around saying, “I’m a published author,” or “I’m a bestselling author,” and then you pick up his or her book and the...
by Liz Coursen | Jul 31, 2017 | Uncategorized
Sure, taken individually, the #1 editing mistake is not knowing its from it’s. That’s a super-sloppy mistake, since spellcheck invariably places a gee-I’m-just-a-computer-so-you-should-probably-check-this blue line under the its/it’s, and only...
by Liz Coursen | Jul 28, 2017 | Uncategorized
So there I was, sitting at the last luncheon of a 5-day conference, minding my own business, when suddenly a manuscript was thrust into my hands by a tablemate…right as the chicken was being served! Well, I put down my fork and, more to be polite than anything...
by Liz Coursen | Jul 27, 2017 | Uncategorized
When you are a “professional” speaker and (supposedly) a rock star author/publisher and marketing “expert,” you just don’t make this bush league mistake on the—I guess you’d call it a “caption”—caption of your online...
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