by Kaelyn Barron |
Modifiers can add greater detail and clarification to sentences, which is usually a great help to readers.However, when used incorrectly, modifiers can actually cause confusion and do more harm than good. That’s why using modifiers properly—and avoiding the...
by Kaelyn Barron
Some words look very similar, but are spelled a little differently, like compliment and complement. Others sound the same, like their and they’re, but have completely different meanings. And some words are spelled and pronounced exactly the same, but are...
by Kaelyn Barron
Wouldn’t you like to finally understand rhetorical questions? Of course you would! (Or at least I’m guessing you would, since you ended up on this page.) You see, that was a rhetorical question itself—I wasn’t really waiting for a response, since the...
by Kaelyn Barron
Compliment and complement are homophones that often confuse writers. After all, they sound almost identical, and there’s only one little vowel separating the two. So how do you remember whether you need to thank someone for a compliment or a complement?...
by Kaelyn Barron |
You might know it fondly as “dot dot dot.” Or, maybe for you it’s simply “dot dot,” or even “dot dot dot dot dot,” because, you know, some things just call for more dots. And who’s counting, right? Well, it turns out you...
by Kaelyn Barron |
An ambiguity is a word, statement, or phrase that leaves room for more than one interpretation. Ambiguity in writing, though sometimes intentional, can be the cause of much confusion (and sometimes a few laughs). If being ambiguous isn’t your intention, then...
