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Showing posts with label Grammar. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Grammar. Show all posts

Economy Of Words: Top 7 Typo Blunders

Posted: 4/07/2013
"Typos are very important to all written form. It gives the reader something to look for so they aren't distracted by the total lack of content in your writing" says Randy K. Milholland.

T-Y-P-O-S! 

The word can literally make or break things in the industry that we function. While being grammatically uber-correct is insane to demand, but there are many jobs that typically depend on being correct or rather 'spelling-out' things correctly. To give a simple example, say the healthcare industry, and so on. This was just a small illustrative example to show how a syllable here or there can turn around human lives.
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Grammar Goofs That Businesses Should Avoid

Posted: 3/06/2013 1 comments
As businesses, we all get tons of mails day-in and day-out from affiliates to clients to the boss and the co-workers. For the most part, the person who reads them tries to gauge the intent of the person sending a mail.

Typos and spelling errors, though avoidable, just happen. It is an irksome human folly yet tolerable. However, when the sender indulges in a mistake that is purposeful, nothing seems more annoying. Isn't it?

This is not to take a moral high-ground. We as bloggers and content creators also fall in the trap too often. But a few common sense mistakes keep rolling back.

From a professional point of view, it certainly doesn't bode well to have a mailing party who messes up their basics. For one, it forces the reader to typecast you as an outright dumb person.
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21 Writing Mistakes You'll Never Make Again by Stefanie Flaxman

Posted: 9/16/2011
Stefanie Flaxman, commonly known as 'Revision Fairy' is a writing consultant who provides proofreading services to small businesses. She swiftly corrects business, marketing and educational documents.

She truly is a master in her field and runs a very successful blog RevisionFairy.com where she provides tips and tricks that can help you in becoming a better writer. Her style is simple but her ideas are brilliant.

Two years ago she published her very first eBook, "21 Writing  Mistakes You'll Never Make Again". She has come a long way since, and her insights never cease to help aspiring writers.

We would like to congratulate Stefanie on her two-year anniversary for her very first eBook, and all those who have experienced the anxiety and thrill of publishing their first eBook will understand how nostalgic this moment must be for her.
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