Clear, Error-Free Writing =
Better Business Results!
Good news! For your convenience, these tips have
been written in plain English. You won't find fancy
grammar terms here—just the occasional mention of relevant part(s) of
speech. (To refresh your memory, the eight parts of speech are nouns,
pronouns, verbs, adverbs, adjectives, articles, conjunctions and
prepositions.)
Spelling How to make most nouns plural How to make
first or last names plural or possessive and when to use an
apostrophe How to spell computer terms correctly (direct
link)
Punctuation Placement of punctuation with ending
quotation marks Placement of ending punctuation inside or outside
parentheses Punctuation surrounding the word however Use
of commas or colons with such as
and includes/including When to use a comma before who
or whom
Word Placement Proper placement of not only in a
sentence Proper placement of only in a sentence
Word Usage Affect versus effect
Imply
versus infer It's versus its That
versus who or whom Who versus whom; and
whoever versus whomever
Clear, Concise Writing Use of parallel structure in
lists Avoiding the use of there is and there are
Commonly misused words and phrases (a myriad of,
reoccur/reoccurring, more then, could care less)
