So, what is the first step to successful communication? Knowing who your audience is. No writer can afford to overlook the reality that writing for the web is very different from what you learned in high school English class. And, if you don’t want to be a voice in the wilderness, you need to know …
English is Constantly Evolving As writers, we’re in the business of communication. Words are our weapons, our tools; a balm for troubled waters, our call to arms. Writing in the English language is a unique privilege. It’s complex, tricky and constantly evolving, altering endlessly in response to our ever-changing world. The Backstory Modern English, described …
When One is Different from Another So here’s a fun English eccentricity. The humble homophone, pesky words that sound the same, with very different meanings and slightly different spellings. We writers, no matter how lyrical our prose or cutting our critique, are capable of committing the most embarrassing mistakes sometimes. These tiny blunders often …
