April 4, 2016 Editing Quiz!

Most of these sentences are from “website developers”; in other words, companies that are paid to write for other businesses. In my experience, most internet content writers can’t write their way out of a paper sack and are largely clueless about basic punctuation and...

What I'm reading now.

The other day someone asked me what I’m reading. Well, aside from mining real estate-related websites for material while researching my much-anticipated tenth book, Self-Editing for Real Estate Professionals, I am reading some great books at the moment....

NEVER AGREE TO SOMETHING LIKE THIS

When you are a professional speaker, or even if you’re not, you should never agree to speak in a venue that requires you to sign something like this. (The three misspelled words are in the nature of icing on the cake.) If you are ever faced with this sort of...

March 22 Editing Quiz with Answers!

It’s true I do make fun of some of the writing that I see. Yup, I plead guilty. But I only make fun of writing (and post it here) when the author is someone who should know better. Generally speaking, what I post here is basic stuff; you know, stuff that we all...

March 30, 2016 20-Question EDITING QUIZ!

Last week I joined a nationally known organization and, when I joined, I got its membership package, marketing materials, etc., etc. There were DOZENS of mistakes in the main package, which explained the various things that this organization offers that it claims will...