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What Is Expert Voice? 3 Jul 2013 | 12:16 am
“We are all experts in our own little niches.”— Who is— Alex Trebek This week’s topic is expert voice. When you use expert voice, you will sound like you know what you’re talking about—even if you do...
Capitalization of Cardinal and Intermediate Directions 18 Jun 2013 | 10:36 pm
“Ladies, if you want to know the way to my heart… good spelling and good grammar, good punctuation, capitalize only where you are supposed to capitalize, it’s done.”—John Mayer— who apparently doesn’t...
Comparisons 15 May 2013 | 03:03 am
“When you’re used to the raw power of Iggy and the Stooges, everything else sounds kind of precious by comparison.”—Juno explaining why your mixtape is lame This week, we examine how to create compara...
Hyphens 7 May 2013 | 08:53 pm
“Marcie Dahlgren-Frost. Dahlgren is my maiden name, Frost is my married name. I’m single again, but I never bothered to remove the Frost. And I get compliments on the hyphen.”—C’mon, who doesn’t love ...
Sentence Fragments 30 Apr 2013 | 07:46 pm
“‘Sentence fragment’ is also a sentence fragment.”—Lisa Simpson, with a pithy, incisive lesson on fragmentation This week we discuss sentence fragments. Sentence fragments are just incomplete sentence...
Run-on Sentences 23 Apr 2013 | 11:49 pm
“Always remember, your bones will not break in a bobsled. No, no, no. They shatter.”—words of wisdom, which everyone can use in life, from the Oscar-worthy “Cool Runnings” This week, we discuss run-on...
Semicolons 16 Apr 2013 | 06:32 pm
“Your papers all suck, Margaret … shallow insights, stupid citations, and you persist in using semicolons where commas would suffice!”—a writing lesson mixed with motivational speaking in “Four Dead B...
Verbal Abuse: Matriculate 9 Apr 2013 | 07:23 pm
“There had been abuse in my family, but it was mostly musical in nature.”—Terry Bohner, right before things get a little weird. This week, we debut a new feature called “Verbal Abuse” designed to stop...
Using colons 3 Apr 2013 | 03:29 am
“I can clean out your colon faster than one of those burritos with extra guacamole sauce!”—Damon Wayans, rivalling Shakespearean prose, as Major Payne This week, we explain how to use colons. Along wi...
Passive Voice 26 Mar 2013 | 06:31 pm
“You know, this is the ’80s, Mr. Miyagi. You can’t be so damn passive!”—Ralph Macchio, with words of advice that transcend a mere decade. This week, the passive voice is explored by us. Nobody likes p...
