A 4 Year-Old Discovers the Power of Words

Are You a Super Reader (and Writer)? It is so much fun watching my four-year-old develop a passion for letters, their sounds, and the words that they create.  Yes, even when this means singing our  ’A, B C’s’ over and over, listening to the constant inquisition about the sound that each letter makes and how [...]

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Bad Writing Closes Doors

In business, bad writing can close doors before one even has the opportunity to ring the doorbell. Last week I had lunch with a lawyer friend who was recently hired by a major Boston-based non-profit organization.  She shared her good news, along with her challenges of finding a good nanny for her two young children [...]

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Bad Writing Is Bad for Business: The Case of the Missing Commas

“Where oh where have the commas gone, oh where oh where can they be??” Commas help your reader figure out which words go together in a sentence and which parts of your sentences are most important. Missing commas may confuse the reader, signal ignorance of writing rules, or indicate carelessness. A comma acts as a [...]

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Bad Writing Is Bad for Business: Common Grammatical Errors

Every piece of written content that you publish, and every email that you send, is a reflection of you and your organization’s professionalism and attention to detail and quality.

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