What do sidebar and ESG have in common?
Do you know the answer to the question I posed in the title of this blog post? Both “sidebar” and “ESG” are words that people in some fields immediately understand, but they perplex many other people. “Sidebar” refers to area of text, often placed in a box, to the side of an article. “ESG” is […]
MISTAKE MONDAY for August 29: Can YOU spot what’s wrong?
Can you spot what’s wrong in the image below? Please post your answer as a comment. This is an example of why you can’t rely on spell-checking software to catch your mistakes. I post these challenges to raise awareness of the importance of proofreading.
OK, not okay
Did you know that “OK,” not “okay” is the correct spelling of that familiar expression? If you didn’t know how to spell OK, you have plenty of company, as I discovered when I ran a LinkedIn poll. Origins of OK The term OK is an initialism. It comes from the misspelling “oll korrect” for […]
MISTAKE MONDAY for July 25: Can YOU spot what’s wrong?
Can you spot what’s wrong in the image below? Please post your answer as a comment. Ugh, this one makes the sender look uneducated, but it’s probably the result of typing too rapidly and not proofreading. I post these challenges to raise awareness of the importance of proofreading.
Use a comma between consecutive adjectives?
When two consecutive adjectives modify the same noun, you’re supposed to put a comma between them. I sometimes struggle to decide if that’s appropriate. After all, there are cases when the first adjective modifies the second, as in “pale blue paper.” So I was delighted to find this advice from Jan Venolia in Write Right!: […]