Words We Confuse that Spellcheckers Miss, Part F
Moving on to homophones that start with f. I hope these continue to be helpful. It’s amazing how many of these confused spelling words you can find when you start looking for them.
Read MoreTeachers Prank Students Dance Video
I can’t help it. I know this blog is supposed to be about writing and language, but sometimes I just can’t help sharing very loosely related stuff that amuses me. This is on of those posts.
Read MoreMyth Buster: Replace Fragments with Complete Sentences
“Always write in complete sentences,” is an axiom proclaimed by most English teachers, and they are diligent to point out …
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Myth Buster: Never Start a Sentence with Because
This grammar myth is, thankfully, less pervasive than some others I’ve addressed. Still, I regularly encounter folks who believe there is a general prohibition against starting a sentence with the word because. Others, who’ve never heard of this dubious rule, scratch their heads when they hear it because it seems so arbitrary.
It’s not, however. There is a reasonable explanation for the idea that a sentence beginning with because is anathema.
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Infographic: Left Brain vs. Right Brain
Knowing your inclination — right brain or left brain — is helpful for writers. I have always argued that writing necessarily involves both halves. We need the creative and artistic right brain and logical, precise left brain to do almost any kind of writing well.
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