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One Writing Rule That’s Good to Break

Paragraphs with 3–5 sentences are no longer the norm

Kathy Widenhouse in The Book Mechanic

Look for This Simple Red Flag When You Self-Edit

When in doubt, should you leave it out? Yes!!!

Jodi Compton in The Book Mechanic

Punctuation Within Dialogue: What Works?

Or, does anyone really speak in parentheses?

Lynda Dietz in The Book Mechanic

Why Aren’t You Using the Singular “They” Yet?

It was never even grammatically incorrect

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Why You Should Think Twice Before You Point Out That Typo

Snarking on other people’s little slip-ups…

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In Praise of Language Log

In a world of misguided grammar peeving, the world’s leading linguistics…

dan brotzel in The Book Mechanic

The Passive Voice: An Apology

Everyone blames you for bad writing. But actually you are a very cool…