The hyphen versus the dash.

Ah, the old “hyphen-versus-dash” confusion reared its ugly head again, and again, and again at a conference I attended this weekend. And, friends, it was ugly indeed. There is a vast gulf between a dash and a hyphen, and so I am going to set the record...

Oh, boy! The June Quiz! Start your engines…

He wrote:  “Diabetes And Your Diet” (#1 best seller and International Book Awards 2017, Winner), “How To Be A Healthy Vegetarian” (now in it’s 2nd edition,  a best seller and two-time finalist of 2 Indie Book Awards, and awarded finalist...

Advanced editing, before and after.

Original content: We also provide managed business services should you choose to partner with us. We believe that managed services allows us to more closely work with you and stay more involved in decision making and problem solving. Unlike traditional services that...

The old "fewer" versus "less" problem.

You want to always remember the difference between “fewer” and “less”? Here’s the trick: Fewer snowflakes, less snow. This is not original, and I wish I could remember where I read this nifty quote so I could properly express my...

More Praise of the Serial Comma!

Yes, I continue to praise the serial comma! I firmly believe that each item in a list should be separated, and the demarcation between the starting of one item and its conclusion should be clearly shown to a reader. The easiest way to make sure your reader understands...

It's all about trust!

I don’t know anything about chiropractic, thankfully, but I recently was hired to edit website content for a chiropractor. Part of the deal is to research various industry-specific terms, spellings, capitalizations, and so on, so I looked around the internet....