Developing writers, WORDS ON THE LINE continues throwing good ideas your way. This new cheat sheet, Five Qualities of Good Writing, comes from Hunter College of the City University of New York. If you think this brief read apparently applies only to essay writing, think twice. The concepts of focus, development, unity, coherence, and correctness emerge in all my writing classes. They relate to messages as basic as emails and as advanced as proposals and white papers. I especially like the organization of these qualities, which is why I selected this three-minute read for you.
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A participant in one of my workshops, D. Hom, asked a question about hyphenating expressions such as “end of year.” Determining what to h...
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It's a good thing that the hyphen is not a frequently used punctuation mark because most people don't know how to use it. The hyp... -
READER QUESTION Which of the following sentences is correct? The contract was signed by Lee, Sam, and me . The contract was ...