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Email  (8)


  • To Thank Or Not To Thank?, August 5, 2010
  • Keep Your Tone Positive, October 30, 2009
  • Tips for Structuring Six Types of Emails, September 2, 2009
  • Should You Have Any Questions…, July 31, 2009
  • Writing for Global Readers, July 5, 2009
  • Turning Complaints into Opportunities, July 5, 2009
  • Email Disputes: How to Avoid Conflict Escalation, July 3, 2009
  • How to Write Emails Without Tone, June 29, 2009
      

ESL Grammar  (4)


  • Can or May I Have a Cookie?, August 19, 2010
  • Verb Tenses: Present Continuous, August 7, 2010
  • Do Verbs Make you Tense?, August 7, 2010
  • Verb Tenses: Simple Present , July 28, 2010
      

Favourite Blogs  (5)


  • Blogs We Like, July 12, 2010
  • Best Blogs I Read This Week, January 2, 2010
  • Best Blogs I Read This Week, October 26, 2009
  • Best Blogs I Read This Week, August 17, 2009
  • Best Blog Posts I Read This Week, July 26, 2009
      

Fonts  (5)


  • Typographic Designs for Penguin Classics, March 2, 2010
  • What’s Your Type?, February 1, 2010
  • Helvetica: The Movie, September 21, 2009
  • Font Humour, September 15, 2009
  • What's Wrong with Comic Sans?, August 18, 2009
      

Grammar  (26)


  • The Lexicographer's Dilemma, July 28, 2010
  • I or Me?, May 17, 2010
  • Why I Hate the Semicolon, February 15, 2010
  • Crash Blossoms, February 3, 2010
  • I Judge You When You Use Poor Grammar, January 14, 2010
  • Good Grammar Isn’t Everything, December 30, 2009
  • Assure, Ensure or Insure?, October 26, 2009
  • Starting a Sentence With And or Because, August 4, 2009
  • Firstly, Secondly, Thirdly, July 29, 2009
  • Do Verbs Make You Tense?, July 27, 2009
  • Winston Tastes Good Like a Cigarette Should, July 20, 2009
  • You Don't Drive Like Her, July 20, 2009
  • Eats, Shoots and Leaves, July 14, 2009
  • Split Infinitives, July 13, 2009
  • Lie or Lay?, July 7, 2009
  • Proved or Proven?, July 5, 2009
  • If I Was or If I Were?, June 29, 2009
  • Beware Your Grammar Checker, June 29, 2009
  • How to Create Perfect Documents Every Time, June 29, 2009
  • What Does Grammar Have to Do with Sex?, May 14, 2009
  • Good or Well?, May 7, 2009
  • Use or Utilize?, April 30, 2009
      

Humour  (27)


  • Quotations to Amuse and Inspire, August 9, 2010
  • Ponderisms, May 17, 2010
  • Looking for Love: Personals Ads from the LRB, February 4, 2010
  • Error Message Haiku, January 31, 2010
  • Kurt Vonnegut Quotes, January 19, 2010
  • Translating Girl Talk, December 27, 2009
  • Excuses, excuses, October 9, 2009
  • Quotes to Live By, September 26, 2009
  • Well Behaved Women Rarely Make History, August 27, 2009
  • Shoot the Puppy, August 26, 2009
  • Tunes that Stick in Your Head, August 20, 2009
  • The Shakespearean Insult Kit, August 14, 2009
  • What Not to Do on Your Next Interview, August 6, 2009
  • Business Mottos We Love, August 3, 2009
  • Homer Simpsonisms, July 22, 2009
  • Redneck Medical Terms, July 10, 2009
  • Signs, July 5, 2009
  • A Good Pun is its Own Reword, July 5, 2009
  • Old words, new meanings, June 29, 2009
  • Goldwynisms, June 28, 2009
  • You Want Me to Do What?, June 17, 2009
  • Yogi Berraisms, May 26, 2009
  • Foreign Language Funnies, April 30, 2009
  • Sunday School Bloopers, April 30, 2009
      

Plain Language  (9)


  • 10 More Ways to Improve Your Writing, August 24, 2010
  • The Secret to Writing Success: Know Your Reader, February 11, 2010
  • What Makes Your Writing Professional?, July 28, 2009
  • How to Impress Your Boss, July 25, 2009
  • A Brief History of English, July 7, 2009
  • How Foggy is Your Writing?, July 7, 2009
  • Write to Your Ideal Reader, June 17, 2009
      

Punctuation  (3)


  • Why the Semicolon is the New Period, February 24, 2010
  • How to Use the Semicolon, February 4, 2010
      

Quizzes  (1)


  • Fact or Fiction?, June 6, 2010
      

reading  (1)


  • What We're Reading, April 5, 2010
      

Spelling  (1)


  • Can You Spell N-A-K-E-D?, April 28, 2010
      

Writing Contests  (11)


  • August ‘10 Writing Contest, August 10, 2010
  • February '10 Writing Contest Winners, March 31, 2010
  • February '10 Writing Contest, February 15, 2010
  • January ‘10 Contest Winners and Answers, February 2, 2010
  • January '10 Writing Contest, January 7, 2010
  • Oct/Nov '09 Contest Winners, December 30, 2009
  • October ‘09 Writing Contest, October 28, 2009
  • September '09 Contest Winners, October 28, 2009
  • September '09 Writing Contest, September 21, 2009
  • August '09 Writing Contest Winners, September 21, 2009
  • Writing Contest August '09, August 11, 2009
      

Writing Tips  (44)


  • Top 10 Words for Things You Didn’t Know You Had, August 20, 2010
  • 10 Ways to Improve Your Writing, May 17, 2010
  • Bullets Kill--Death by PowerPoint, April 27, 2010
  • Online Writing Resources, April 26, 2010
  • How I Learned to Convey Enthusiasm in Writing, March 24, 2010
  • How to Map Your Ideas, January 26, 2010
  • How to Take Notes, December 30, 2009
  • Use And Instead of But, November 18, 2009
  • Majed—The Power of Positive Thinking, October 7, 2009
  • Word Nerds, September 18, 2009
  • How to Help Your Kids with Their Writing, September 17, 2009
  • Carbon copy: cc, August 25, 2009
  • Interactivity: Lessons From the Classroom, August 13, 2009
  • How to Create Flow in Your Writing, August 7, 2009
  • What’s the difference between e.g. and i.e.?, July 14, 2009
  • What is the Cost of Bad Writing?, July 11, 2009
  • 4 Ways to Critique Someone Else's Writing, July 7, 2009
  • 8 Ways to Write for Speed Readers, July 6, 2009
  • Help or Assist?, June 17, 2009
  • How to Read a Paperback, May 28, 2009
  • 10 Words We’d Like to See Less of, May 7, 2009
  • There's More to Communication Than Email, April 29, 2009
  • Giving Feedback Diplomatically, April 28, 2009
  • Overcoming Writer's Block, March 31, 2009

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