A spare cloak hangs in the back of the Volvo and a folding altar is packed in the boot. Bags of...By BurrowLisa
Imagine if you have to ask your editor various things. Although you might be tempted to fit your list of queries into the same e-mail, this can be a bad idea. It can feel overwhelming for your editor to answer everything at once, plus it can make your e-mail body look cluttered. R...
[G]There is a better way to win arguments. Imagine that you favor increasing the minimum wage in our state, and I do not. If you yell, “Yes,” and I yell, “No,” neither of us learns anything. We neither understand nor respect each other, and we have no basis for compromise or...
My mother emailed me last week to ask if she was using the word “nor” correctly, which brings us to today’s post: the use of either or and neither nor.
When you imagine the experience of doing that activity, do you feel moreenergized and excited? Great... Now the next time you're out talking to a woman, make it a point tobring up this passion of yours in conversation. Tell her what it is, and how it makes you feel when you're ...
(as the greek alphabet is different, my customers spell their names and address email in English !)You can imagine when you mixed up the English pronounciation of some letters (like me before), how the spelling can drive you crazy!!! Thanks again. milly ...
Use a Domain Name that’s easy to write.Really simple domain names that are easy to pronounce, easy to spell, and easy to write are better than long complicated ones. And while a fun spelling of a word can be unique, this blogging mistake may also mean that people have trouble finding...
Imagine assembling IKEA furniture without instructions. Instead of a white Riktig Ögla you’ve just got a useless pile of MDF, screws, and one of those free allen key thingies. The same can happen to your cover letter if you don’t know how to format it. Good formatting is the instruc...
Did you spell your contact’s first and last name correctly?It’s important. And, if you doubt that, think of the last time you got an email from someone who got your name wrong. At the very least, you probably groaned or rolled your eyes. We get annoyed when people misspell our na...
Oh, this is an interesting one: it tells us that we can expect entries to be coming from all over the English-speaking world, as well as that the judges will expect Ima to have spell-checked her entry. (Always a good idea, right?) When a contest’s rules go out of its...