E-mail or Email? When to Drop the Hyphen

E-mail or Email? When to Drop the Hyphen

It’s a word that you probably come across dozens (if not hundreds) of times a day, and yet when you have to spell it out yourself, there’s a nagging doubt in your mind: is is spelled e-mail or email? As it turns out, both are acceptable ways to write what...
Passive Voice Exercises with Answers

Passive Voice Exercises with Answers

Many teachers, editors, and grammar aficionados will insist that the passive voice should be avoided whenever possible in writing. While the passive voice is acceptable (and sometimes more realistic) in creative writing and dialogue, it is true that it tends to make...
How to End an Email: The Best and Worst Sign-Offs

How to End an Email: The Best and Worst Sign-Offs

Good communication is always important, no matter if you’re talking with your boss, professor, clients, or friends. But these days, most of that communication is carried out digitally, whether you need to reach someone a few offices down, on the next floor, or...