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Building Better Rulebooks: Declaratives & Imperatives

Building Better Rulebooks: Declaratives & Imperatives

by Josh | Mar 26, 2014 | Editing

Rules hard to understand? Prescription: use better sentence structure. Accept no substitutes.

Language Has No Rules

by Josh | Feb 4, 2014 | Editing

Editors are not English referees, as much as we’d like to think so.

In Defense of Adverbs, or: Adverbs, the Best Worst Thing

by Josh | Dec 17, 2013 | Writing

Everyone says adverbs should be avoided. You shouldn’t listen to them.

Easy Reading Through Computer Science

by Josh | Nov 11, 2013 | Editing

Punctuate your sentences like you would computer code; your syntax will thank you.

Passive Voice Is Your Friend (Really.)

by Josh | May 24, 2013 | Editing

Passive voice is sometimes the only reason your readers don’t tear their hair out.
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