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Tip #401: How can you decide whether a verb is singular or plural?
Tip #402: Starting with a conjunction
Tip #403: Abbreviations
Tip # 404: Due to/because of/on account of
Tip #405: The word "hardly"
Tip #406: The word “God”
Tip #407: Possession vs. Description.
Tip #408: Making writing more interesting
Tip #409: Abbreviations on business forms
Tip #410: Literally vs. figuratively
Tip #411: Possessives
Tip #412: Irregular plural nouns
Tip #413: Proofread addresses
Tip # 414: Headlines
Tip #415 : Modifiers
Tip #416: Transitional devices
Tip # 417: Openings
Tip # 418: The use of “said”
Tip #419: Six rules for using “a” or “an”
Tip #420: Majority or plurality
Tip #421: Like most or most like?
Tip #422: Affect vs. Effect
Tip #423: Seasonable vs. Seasonal
Tip #424: Mixed constructions
Tip #425: A well developed paragraph
Tip #426: Writing
Tip #427: Obsolete words
Tip #428: Capitalizing Headings
Tip #429: Intercaps
Tip # 430: Prepositions
Tip #431: Difficult words
Tip # 432: Spelling
Tip #433: Apostrophes
Tip # 434: Pronouns
Tip 435: Proposal writing
Tip # 436: Goals
Tip # 437: Language
Tip #438: Using nouns as adjectives
Tip #439: Compelling verbs
Tip #440: Rearranging the order of words
Tip #441: Bids and proposals
Tip #442: “Off” vs. “From”
Tip # 443: Web site vs. Website
Tip #444: Coonotation vs. denotation
Tip #445: A collective noun
Tip #446: Make your writing more concrete
Tip #447: "Critique” as a verb
Tip#448: pending
Tip #449: Compound personal pronouns
Tip #450: Preferred style for news releases
Tip #451: E-mail
Tip #452: Guidelines for writing sales letters
Tip #453: Plurals
Tip #454: Plurals of names
Tip #455: Capitalization
Tip #456: Mission vs. vision
Tip # 457: Squinting modifiers
Tip #458: Format for titles
Tip #459: Comma usage
Tip #460: Appreciate
Tip #461: Avoid use of long words
Tip 462: Actions instead of states
Tip #463: Policies vs. Procedures
Tip #464: Use of repetition
Tip #465: Problem-solving
Tip #466: Complement vs. compliment:
Tip #467: Revision
Tip #468: Piqued vs. Peaked
Tip #469: Descriptive form vs.possessive form
Tip #470: Job Description
Tip #471: “ We read with our ears as well as our eyes.”
Tip #472: Apostrophes
Tip #473: Indefinite pronouns
Tip #474: Preposition at end of sentence
Tip #475: New words in 2007
Tip #476: The word “committee”
Tip #477: Accurate
Tip #478: Making comparisons
Tip #479: Comparative Degree
Tip #480: Linking Verbs
Tip #481: Here’s
Tip #482: Send hand-written memos
Tip # 483: Placement of "only"
Tip #484: Mensa challenge
Tip #485: Puns
Tip #486: How language grows
Tip #487: Meaningful
Tip #488: Readability check
Tip #489: Descriptive form vs. possessive form
Tip #490: Singular verb
Tip #491: Name of publications
Tip # 492: Who or whom
Tip# 493: Use of apostrophe ‘s’ with two names or things
Tip# 494: How words sound vs. how they''re spelled
Tip# 495: Exclamation marks and quotations
Tip# 496: Explicit vs. implicit
Tip# 497: Improper grammar in ads
Tip# 498: Subject-verb agreement
Tip# 499: Use of gerund
Tip # 500: Numbers
Tip # 501: There's and here's
Tip # 502: Margins in business documents
Tip # 503: Assertive writing
Tip #504: Writing copy
Tip #506: Communicating by e-mail
Tip #507: Disperse vs. disburse
Salutation in a letter
Tip #509: Plurals of foreign words
Tip #510: Abbreviations of academic degrees
Tip #511: Transitional expressions
Tip #512: Abbreviations for foreign expressions
Tip #513: Indefinite pronouns - singular or plural?
Tip #514: Confusing contractions
Tip #515: Subjective vs. Objective Pronouns
Tip #516: Ensure-insure-assure
Tip #517: Addressing envelopes
Tip #518: Confusing pairs
Tip #519: Run-ons and comma splices
Tip #520: E-mail subject lines
Tip #521: Prefixes Bi- and Semi-
Tip #522: Capitalization of Directions
Tip #523: Good or well?
Tip #524: Appropriate conflict language
Tip #525: Fewer or less
Tip 526: Confusing modifiers
Tip #527: Confusing homonyms
Tip #528: Use of hyphens
Tip #529: "Because of" or "due to"
Tip #530: Proofreading
Tip #531: 'More than' vs. 'over'
Tip #532: File stamps
Tip #533: Sometime – sometimes – some time
Tip #534: When to use parentheses
Tip 537: Dependent and independent clauses
Tip #538: Verbs with clauses of necessity or demand
Tip #539: Prefix confusion
Tip #540: Similar-sounding words
Tip #541: Format of a report
Tip #542: Reversed outline
Tip #543: Paragraphs
Tip # 544: Sports Expressions
Tip #545:Parallel language
Tip #546: Similar-sounding words
Tip #547: Semicolons
Tip #548: There is and there are
Tip #549: Plurals
Tip #550: Small vs. little and large vs. big
Tip #551: Present Perfect vs. Past Perfect
Tip #552: Then vs. than
Tip #553: Writing minutes
Tip # 554: Placement of adverbs
Tip #555: Homonyms
Tip #556: Commas with introductory elements
Tip #557: Adding emphasis
Tip # 558: First annual?
Tip #559: Are acronyms acceptable?
Tip #560: Singular or plural pronouns?
Tip #561: Double negatives
Tip #562: Closing lines
Tip #563: "i.e." or "e.g."
Tip #565: Compound adjectives
Tip #566: Capitalization of titles
Tip #567: Spelling
Tip #568: Avoid emotional e-mails
Tip #569: Moot vs. mute
Tip #570: Well-known groups
Tip #571: Logical connections
Tip #572: Markers of concession and counter-argument
Tip #573: I or me?
Tip #574: Extra prepositions
Tip #575: Professional communication
Tip #576: Negative information
Tip #577: Confusing pairs
Tip #578: Writing numbers
Tip #579: Question marks within sentences
Tip #581: Commas with omissions
Tip #582: Confusing prepositions
Tip #583: Dash
Tip #584: Who and whoever vs. whom and whomever
Tip #585: Parallel structure
Tip #586: Verbs with unnecessary adverbs
Tip #587: The diagonal
Tip #587: Time abbreviations
Tip #588: Repetition
Tip #589: Semicolon
Tip #590: Welcome back letter
Tip #591: Colon before a list
Tip #593: Concluding sales letters
Tip #594: Gender-neutral job titles


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