Comments on: 7 sentences you should stop writing to improve your sentence structure

By: Daphne Gray-Grant

Daphne Gray-Grant — Tue, 01 May 2018 00:07:00 +0000

In reply to LJ. Haha re: the exclamation marks. I overuse them in my personal correspondence but I try to be quite rigorous about them in my professional writing.

By: LJ

LJ — Mon, 30 Apr 2018 23:29:00 +0000

Great examples and tips. Thanks Daphne. (I’m trying hard not to use exclamation marks:)

By: Daphne Gray-Grant

Daphne Gray-Grant — Sun, 29 Apr 2018 16:41:00 +0000

In reply to Ahlam Soliman Mohamed Ahmed. Glad to help, Ahlam. You might want to double-check the word "censor" in your dictionary, though. It does NOT mean the same as edit or review, which was the concept I was trying to get across.

By: Ahlam Soliman Mohamed Ahmed

Ahlam Soliman Mohamed Ahmed — Sat, 28 Apr 2018 18:01:00 +0000

your introduced great tips to me. Sometimes I slip into these mistakes. but next time i write, I will censor my draft. I copied your blog in a word document to go over it everytime I write to keep my writing lucid and succinct.

By: Daphne Gray-Grant

Daphne Gray-Grant — Thu, 26 Apr 2018 19:00:00 +0000

In reply to Charissa. Yes, Pullum is a great writer!

By: Charissa

Charissa — Thu, 26 Apr 2018 13:26:00 +0000

Excellent pointers and examples. I’m enjoying that article, “Fear and Loathing of the English Passive”. Thank you.

By: Daphne Gray-Grant

Daphne Gray-Grant — Wed, 25 Apr 2018 23:40:00 +0000

In reply to Bob Conder. These issues may occur in writing classes but, more alarmingly, they also occur — regularly — in print that many of us are forced to read!

By: Daphne Gray-Grant

Daphne Gray-Grant — Wed, 25 Apr 2018 23:40:00 +0000

In reply to Mike S. Thanks for your kind words, Mike!

By: Daphne Gray-Grant

Daphne Gray-Grant — Wed, 25 Apr 2018 23:39:00 +0000

In reply to Emily Agnew. Thanks for your efforts, Emily. If you feel like emailing it to me, I'd love to see it!

By: Daphne Gray-Grant

Daphne Gray-Grant — Wed, 25 Apr 2018 23:38:00 +0000

In reply to Samuel Edeh. Yes, I am NOT writing legal documents! The rules for those are quite different.