Browsing: Writing

This question came in from a listener: Why do we need the word “it” at the beginning of sentences, as…

“Epitome” is one of those words whose pronunciation can mess you up if you learned it from reading instead of…

Have you ever looked at the word “naïveté” and wondered why we have little dots and accents hanging out above…

Ghostwriting is often associated with celebrity memoirs or business books, but there’s another side to the industry that gets far…

I don’t think it’s a stretch to say the rise of people using the word “literally” in a non-literal way…

Have you ever wondered why we have two past tense forms of the verb “to light”? Should you say, “Squiggly…

Misusing the abbreviations “i.e.” and “e.g.” was one of the top mistakes I used to see when I edited technical…

Today we’re answering an intriguing question from a listener named Michael, who asks, “Why do we drop the L in…

Today, we’ll talk about words you should never use and words you should always avoid — or something like that.…

As AI become more capable and accessible, writers and editors are feeling the shift—some with curiosity, others with concern. In…