Monthly Archives: October 2018

Name Calling

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Do your social media posts undermine your message?

The past few weeks, several writers weighed in multiple times on the latest issue that’s polarized people across the nation.

As the developments continued, some writers’ posts grew progressively heated, finally degenerating into name-calling.

I can only assume they want their published writing to reach only those with whom they agree. After all, those who take … Continue reading →

Tricky Word Tricks

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How do you remember which word is right?

This past week, an author questioned if I’d used the right word. Should the sentence refer to the decision to add or to ad an accessory to his car?

As I responded to his email, my brain invented a memory trick to distinguish the two. “We want the word related to ADDitional,” I wrote, “not ADvertising.”

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