McWriters

“So tired of rich people forking over $6k to cry at #TED for 3 days a year. Their so moved but their just their to do business networking.”
This was actually tweeted on Sunday by someone who has almost 95,000 people that follow their updates on Twitter. Unbelievable! He’s zero for three in using the correct word [...]

I keep seeing these two words being used incorrectly and it’s frustrating! Lose and loose aren’t even homophones (two or more words pronounced alike, yet are different in spelling, derivation, or meaning such as their, there, and they’re).
So, just for the record, here are two quick definitions for lose and loose.
Lose – to not win, [...]

This is a good resource for writers. While the focus of PlainLanguage.gov is on “Improving Communication from the Federal Government to the Public”, it still contains many helpful guidelines and resources. In order to give you a better idea of what “Plain Language” is, here is the description given on their website:

What is Plain Language?
Plain [...]

While I certainly do not agree with George Orwell on politics, religion, and many other issues, I do appreciate his tips on writing well. He was a passionate defender of good writing. Here are some of Orwell’s more famous writing tips.

A scrupulous writer, in every sentence that he writes, will ask himself at least [...]