by Liz Coursen | Mar 10, 2015 | Uncategorized
1) He worked for Mayflower Bank, a publicly-traded, SEC regulated company with 500 shareholders, for 35 years, serving as President and CEO for the last 20 years. Rule: Never hyphenate an —ly adverb. I would have, however, stuck a hyphen between “SEC” and “regulated.”...
by Liz Coursen | Mar 7, 2015 | Uncategorized
Words that are spelled differently but pronounced the same are called homonyms. My recently published Self-Editing titles (for the Successful Student, the Modern Author, and Content Writers) contain a comprehensive list of hundreds of homonyms. Some homonyms, like...
by Liz Coursen | Mar 7, 2015 | Uncategorized
When you write an article, you are asserting that you have a great deal of experience, authority, and credibility about the subject matter. I think that’s a pretty unassailable statement. When you write an article about writing an article and your article has a...
by Liz Coursen | Mar 2, 2015 | Uncategorized
1) He worked for Mayflower Bank, a publicly-traded, SEC regulated company with 500 shareholders, for 35 years, serving as President and CEO for the last 20 years. 2) At an office job, you will be paid for certain Federal holidays, such as Christmas, New Year’s Day,...
by Liz Coursen | Mar 2, 2015 | Uncategorized
I saw three different websites use the phrase “comprised of” this week, so it’s time for a refresher. Oops, make that four: This council is comprised of executive level security professionals from business, government, education and law enforcement....
by Liz Coursen | Mar 2, 2015 | Uncategorized
1) Televerde will be a Titanium Sponsor at this years summit. It’s this year’s, not years. 2) Our customized onsite business writing course is based on this simple principle: give staff the tools they need to write user-friendly and readable documents more efficiently...
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