Finally, someplace I can send people:
Archive for the 'Writing' Category
- Never use a metaphor, simile, or other figure of speech which you are used to seeing in print.
- Never use a long word where a short one will do.
- If it is possible to cut a word out, always cut it out.
- Never use the passive where you can use the active.
- Never use a foreign phrase, a scientific word, or a jargon word if you can think of an everyday English equivalent.
- Break any of these rules sooner than say anything outright barbarous.
Billed as the “best online language tools for word nerds”, this Lifehacker post includes dictionaries, thesauruses, ways to find and fix common mistakes, and even pronunciation tools.
A must have for anyone who ever writes anything. That means you!