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Are you trying to improve your writing skills? If so Daily Writing Tips is the right place for you. Featuring daily tips about grammar, spelling, punctuation, copywriting and more!

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10 Tips for Taking Notes

Posted on July 14, 2009
Winston writes: On my job, part of my responsibility is doing transcription. Often I attend scientific meetings and have to [take notes]. The notes/minutes are written as indirect quotes. Can you please give some guidance on taking meeting notes and minutes? The purpose of taking minutes at a meeting is to create a record that can be [...

The DWT Twitter Account Is Here

Posted on July 14, 2009
Over the last couple of weeks many readers emailed us asking if Daily Writing Tips had a Twitter account or not. We didn't have one, but that is fixed now. I created the account a couple of days ago, and it is already configured. The DWT Twitter Account Is Here

Verbing Nouns

Posted on July 13, 2009
Two readers are troubled about the tendency to use nouns as verbs. Verbing Nouns

A Girl Like I

Posted on July 12, 2009
A reader is shocked that Maeve would say "like me." A Girl Like I

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One Space or Two At the End of a Sentence?

Posted on July 09, 2009
A reader wants to know if we should leave one space or two at the end of a sentence. One Space or Two At the End of a Sentence?

Running Errands and Doing Chores

Posted on July 08, 2009
An English teacher from the Philippines wants to know the difference between errands and chores. Running Errands and Doing Chores

Coming Down the Pike

Posted on July 07, 2009
A reader wants to know if the expression is "coming down the pike" or "coming down the pipe." Coming Down the Pike

When to Form a Plural with an Apostrophe

Posted on July 06, 2009
This reader wants to know why we write 1980s and not 1980’s. I understood that making text entities with non-letter characters into a plural form, you separate the s from the term with an apostrophe - 1900’s, Jones’, Smith’s, or Bang!’s...

What?s Wrong with ?Ain?t?

Posted on July 05, 2009
Back when I taught junior high school English I used to tell my students that they were allowed to use the word "ain't" in their speaking and writing. What’s Wrong with “Ain’t”

Emailing a Literary Agent

Posted on July 02, 2009
In the old days writers could send out their queries and fantasize for weeks about acceptance. Nowadays, thanks to email, we can be zapped with rejection in a matter of minutes! Emailing a Literary Agent

Could it Be, Just Possibly, All a Ruse?

Posted on July 01, 2009
A few months ago I came across an expression I'd never heard or seen before. I think I've figured out its origin. Could it Be, Just Possibly, All a Ruse?

Don?t Have A Blog Yet? Check Out This Course

Posted on July 01, 2009
A blog is a wonderful tool for anyone looking to improve his or her writing skills. Why? Because it forces you to write, day after day. If you are an aspiring writer (freelance or otherwise), a blog is even more important, because it works as a marketing platform where you can expose your writing, build your audience and network with people inside your market segment...

Why Bother About Correctness?

Posted on June 30, 2009
truely their is no wrong or right way to spell because everyhitng was just though up by someone eles. Partner:BecomeABlogger.com, the best online course for aspiring bloggers. Join today! Why Bother About Correctness?

Judgement or Judgment?

Posted on June 29, 2009
Reader John Moss wonders about the spellings "judgement" and "judgment." His Word application flags "judgement" as an incorrect spelling, but he finds plenty examples of "judgment" in common use. Partner:BecomeABlogger.com, the best online course for aspiring bloggers...

MLA Gets With the Times

Posted on June 28, 2009
Probably the biggest change in the seventh edition of the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers has to do with the Works Cited section. MLA Gets With the Times

Why Can?t Style Manuals Just Agree?

Posted on June 25, 2009
College student can get pretty fed-up with the conflicting advice they get from differing style guides. Why Can’t Style Manuals Just Agree?

?Pomp and Ceremony? or ?Pomp and Circumstance??

Posted on June 24, 2009
A reader wonders why the expression "pomp and ceremony" is being replaced by "pomp and circumstance." “Pomp and Ceremony” or “Pomp and Circumstance?”

Is ?Number? Singular or Plural?

Posted on June 23, 2009
A reader wants to know if "number" takes the verb "is" or "are." Is “Number” Singular or Plural?

Hippo Words

Posted on June 22, 2009
A reader writes: My office mates call me a hippocrite. Hippo Words

First Come, First Served

Posted on June 21, 2009
The expression first come, first served began life as a proverb having the same sense as the early bird catches the worm. Both proverbs are admonitions against dawdling.? First Come, First Served

?Wracking? or ?Racking? Your Brain?

Posted on June 18, 2009
Sherry Beth Connot writes: Every time I read how someone wracked their brain, I think it should be racked, and according to my dictionary it should. Can you explain why wracked is being used this way? “Wracking” or “Racking” Your Brain?

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