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Bad adverb! Very bad …
Like perfume, the smallest application of adverbs is plenty. “The road to hell is paved with adverbs.” ~ Stephen King “Adverbs are the tool of the lazy writer.” ~ Mark Twain “In order to write good stuff you have to … Continue reading
How to Deflate those Inflated Phrases
Effectual writers tighten their writing by transforming inflated phrases into shorter, more concise terms. This way they convey the same information with fewer words. This article examines how to recognize inflated phrases and how to deflate them. Inflation Although inflation … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged concise writing, deflate, inflated, shorten, tight writing, tighten 6 Comments
How to Fix a Dangling Participle
Refresher A dangling participle is a modifier that’s in the wrong place for the noun it is supposed to describe. This means: The modifier is too far away from what it is supposed to describe, or Another noun got in … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged dangling participles, fix, modifier, recognize, writer, writing 4 Comments
Dangling Participles May Be Funny, But …
If ever there is a time that readers will stop and ask themselves, “Now, what was that!?” it will happen after they read a sentence with a dangling participle. But even though dangling participles are confusing and are certainly poor form, the … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged adjective, dangling participles, logically, participle, readers 11 Comments
How to Reduce Prolific Prepositions
This is Part 2 about the overuse of Prepositional Phrases. In today’s English, overuse of these phrases has diluted our writing and weakened its impact. Some experienced business and technical writers view prepositional phrases as evil. I wouldn’t go that far … sometimes they are … Continue reading
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Plentiful Prepositions
Too Much of a Good Thing? The English language is awash with prepositions … we could hardly communicate without them. Problems arise however when our writing sports too many prepositional phrases (examples are shown below). What is a Preposition, anyway? Prepositions … Continue reading
