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If you’re a Russian immigrant in the United States — or anywhere else — don’t bother tweeting your opinions unless your English is flawless. Otherwise you’ll be branded a Kremlin-paid troll by influential American think tanks. Eagle-eyed Ben Nimmo, a fellow at the Atlantic Council, has tweeted advice for Twitter users to help them identify […]
Strelka Institute/Flickr Poor writing can make others think you aren’t intelligent. I’m the executive editor of a magazine and know firsthand how grammar can change the meaning of a sentence. Don’t get caught up in miscommunication. Master these simple tips. As the executive editor of Avenue Magazine, a luxury lifestyle publication based in New York […]
Strelka Institute for Media, Architecture and Design/flickr Misleading grammar myths can hold us back when we are writing or speaking. According to Oxford Dictionaries, it is perfectly acceptable to end a sentence in a conjunction such as ‘over,’ despite common practice. Despite popular opinion, double negatives can be effective when used to communicate uncertainty. Myth […]
Writing coach and CUNY Journalism Press editor Timothy Harper tells us some of the most common grammar mistakes and easy ways to avoid them. FULL TRANSCRIPT: Further and farther: “farther” means distance, “further” means more into it. If you’re talking about distance, it has to be “farther.” I think anybody in the writing or editing business […]
