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I’m going to be honest here – I wrote down the words brocolli and broccoli yesterday and decided that the former was correct. Later in the same day, my six year old daughter asked why I had written both spellings down and quite confidently told me that it has to ‘c’s and one ‘l’. I double checked the dictionary and … Continue reading
A work colleague emailed me today with a potential blog idea which was: “When to start a new paragraph, especially when there is a lot to say on one subject, so that it’s not all hunched up but easier to read on the eye”. I decided to use this topic for today’s post and made a … Continue reading
Whenever I type this word, I struggle to remember if it is spelt instalment or installment. Today, I got caught out by someone reviewing one of my other blogs (which inspired me to write today’s blog), so as usual I went looking for explanations. Wiki Answers explains that installment and instalment both mean the same, but installment (with a … Continue reading
Is it focussed or focused? A work colleague asked me how to spell this word today and I had to look it up. The Colllins English dictionary and Merriam Webster‘s website indicated that both spellings were correct. I decided to Google it to find out which is preferred. Future-perfect.co.uk says “This word [focussed or focused] can take either double or … Continue reading
We all feel good when someone comments on one of our blog posts and and even more so when they then share it with others too. Thank you Jackie Paulson for commenting on so many of mine today – it was not only great to get the comments, but it also inspired me for today’s blog. What … Continue reading
I’m fine being asked if I’m a mum, a project manager, an accountant, a training manager and a testing manager, but when someone asks me if I am a writer, I come up with this long-winded sentence which goes something like this: ‘I’ve written all my life and I’d like to think I am a writer, in fact I … Continue reading
I spend a lot of time on the computer both in my main job as a Project Manager and in my new freelance writing career. This can cause all sorts of posture problems especially in the neck and back. Today I decided to spend a bit of time writing the old fashioned way – using pen and paper – and … Continue reading
As part of my plan to grow as a writer, I recently signed up to Technorati which is a blogging platform and search engine that publishes content to millions of people every month. Topics include entertainment, sport, latest news, parenting and many more. I received the news this week that they have accepted me as a writer and today I … Continue reading
Whilst listening to William Zinsser’s non-fiction audio book today called On Writing Well, I heard the following: “Trust the information that you’ve gathered to make its own point. Don’t explain why it’s interesting or unusual or emotional”. Make your writing exciting, but don’t say it’s exciting; let the reader work this out for themselves. Zinsser … Continue reading
It’s a common mistake to write ‘between you and I’; however the correct way of writing this is ‘between you and me’. If we break the phrase down, the word ‘between’ is a preposition and the words ‘you’ and ‘I’ are personal pronouns. When personal pronouns follow prepositions, they should be in the object form and not the subject … Continue reading
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