Tag Archives: Grammar

How to Use Hyphens & Dashes

Posted on March 21, 2011 by David

Looking through the marketing copy of countless companies — including household-name brands — I see one error more than any other: ignorance over the use of hyphens. It’s a tiny and much-neglected mark but for fully rounded and accurate writing … Continue reading →

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Colons & Semicolons – How to Use Them

Posted on August 25, 2010 by David

Colons and semicolons are troublemakers.  Not content with the clarity of being a single marking they have the nerve to mix and match other, more straightforward punctuation marks.  You can be happily making your way through a sentence when suddenly … Continue reading →

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Abbreviations – Mr. or Mr?

Posted on July 22, 2010 by David

The rules about abbreviations are very simple. Or very complicated, depending on how closely you want to look at it! The great myth about English is that its usage is all bound up in watertight rules that 95% of people … Continue reading →

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Costly Copy Errors – How to Avoid the most Common Mistakes

Posted on May 12, 2010 by David

Turn up for business with your flies undone or your skirt tucked into the back of your underwear and you shouldn’t expect to win any customers.  Yet allowing basic and avoidable errors into your business writing is just as embarrassing … Continue reading →

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