Making Sense of your Sentences

One of the aspects of good writing is getting the various parts of a sentence to agree with one another, and a common mistake is starting off with an introductory clause that doesn't agree.

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On ‘Weaving Well’

I thought this week I'd take a step back from the nitty-gritty of commas and so on, and explain why I'm calling this column on writing for the web - 'Weave Well'.

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Design Professionals Save You Money

There have been several times in my career that I have been called in to fix or finish out a design project where the client was trying to do a lot of the design work themself. This can be a costly and often time-consuming mistake on the part of the client. In today's highly charged hospitality and foodservice environment the client/operator needs all the competitive…

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Step, Jump, and Slap – or how not to advertise an e-book

Do you ever read an ad - one of the hundreds, if not thousands, that land unsolicited in your inbox each week - and think This sounds like a translation from a foreign language' or even I'm not sure if the person who sent me this ad actually understands a word of it'?

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10 Rules Of Writing For The Web

Writing for the Web is not the same as writing for print. People read differently on the Web. They scan read-jumping quickly from one piece of content to the next. People are much more action-orientated on the Web. They get online to get something done. Words should always be driving actions.

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