Writing Tips

Grammar

• Effective Writing for a Target Audience
  
  
• Ten Tips for Proofreading Effectively
  
  

Notes

• How to Add an Image to a Word File
  
  

Punctuation

• Celebrate the Power of Punctuation!
  
  
• One Space or Two Spaces after a Period?
  
  
• Three Ways to Use the Apostrophe
  
  
• Six Ways to Use the Comma
  

 

Vocabulary

• Is It a Number or a Numeral?

• Is It Lie or Lay?
  
  
• Sourpuss Words
  

 

Writing

• Editor's Marks
  
  
• Effective Writing for a Target Audience
  
  
• How to Address Letters to Ranking Members of the Armed Forces
  
  
• How to Cite Books
  
  
• Lists - Basic Rules
  
  
• Lists - Guidelines for Punctuation
  
  
• Practice Plain Language
  
  
• The Manual is Just a Guide
  
  
• What is Editing?
  
  
• When to Hyphenate Words
  
  
• Why Use a Style Sheet? (includes template)
  
  
• Words That Begin With a Capital Letter
  
  
  
  
• Tool for Reasoning Fair Use
  
  
• Tool for Reasoning Fair Use_SHORT.pdf

Tip Archives (Oldies But Goodies)

• 1. Myriad, a myriad of, myriads

• 2. Among and Between

• 3. Comprise; Compose

• 4. Capitalizing

• 5. Is it Fewer or Less?

• 6. Punctuation and Capitalization in Lists

• 7. Singular noun with a plural possessive

• 8. Reining in the wrong metaphor

• 9. U.S. Mail & MCPS Pony Mail Tips

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