<blockquote> <p>"The 'he or him' test is a piece of grammatical machinery that has saved more writers… → <blockquote> <p>Grammar writers such as Mignon Fogarty of Grammar Girl recommend the 'he or him' substitution…
View proof record →<blockquote> <p>"Subject-verb agreement is the silent audit of your writing. → <blockquote> <p>Grammar guides frequently describe subject-verb agreement as a kind of silent audit: readers…
View proof record →<blockquote> <p>"The semicolon is a mark of thought, not a mark of performance. → <blockquote> <p>Essayists who write about language, such as Lewis Thomas in The Medusa and the Snail, treat…
View proof record →<blockquote> <p>"The difference between a sentence and a fragment is not length. → <blockquote> <p>Style scholars such as Francis-Noel Thomas and Mark Turner, authors of Clear and Simple as…
View proof record →<blockquote> <p>"Transition words are the rails the reader runs on. → <blockquote> <p>Writers on style, including Stanley Fish in How to Write a Sentence, have described good…
View proof record →<blockquote> <p>"Telling writers to avoid the passive voice is like telling painters to avoid blue. → <blockquote> <p>In The Sense of Style, Steven Pinker argues that the blanket advice to avoid the passive…
View proof record →<blockquote> <p>"The problem with most appreciation is that it makes the recipient feel recognized for a… → <blockquote> <p>Organizational psychologists who study recognition, including Wharton's Adam Grant, have made…
View proof record →<blockquote> <p>"Anger and specificity are the two most important dials in a complaint letter, and most… → <blockquote> <p>Personal finance writers such as Washington Post columnist Michelle Singletary have long…
View proof record →<blockquote> <p>"Every offer letter does three jobs. → <blockquote> <p>HR professionals like former Fortune 500 HR executive Liz Ryan have described the offer…
View proof record →<blockquote> <p>"I can tell within two paragraphs whether a letter was written by someone who knows the… → <blockquote> <p>Admissions and hiring professionals often say they can tell within a couple of paragraphs…
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