The holidays are upon us, and these winter celebrations with their many traditions each have a rich and varied vocabulary. From Krampus to kinara, latke to plum pudding, frankincense to yule—there’s a whole host of fantastic holiday words to explore. So broaden your lexicon and enter the holiday spirit with these fifty awesome holiday words! […]
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By KAREN HERTZBERG Once, in a time before nearly everyone had access to the Internet in the palms of their hands, it was common to begin business correspondence with the salutation To Whom It May Concern. But times have changed. We’ll take a look at whether you should use To Whom It May Concern, explore a
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Chicago Manual of Style devotes 16 pages to the correct usage of the comma. I’m sure you’re familiar with its use with coordinate adjectives, transitional adverbs, appositive clauses, and participial phrases. I won’t insult you by repeating that information here. Instead, here are the most common errors in comma usage spotted around the Web. Omitting
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By Nathan Bransford So you’ve already decided that you want to write in third person instead of first person. Good work! That’s half the battle. Did you know there’s another battle ahead? That is when you decide whether you’re going to write in third person omniscient or third person limited. This decision comes down to whether
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