Authentic, interesting writing is personal. It doesn’t overly rely on what I call “herd” words–that is, words and phrases that are overused. New words and concepts crop up all the time ...

Infinitive phrases are phrases ... expressions that take several words to say what could be said more succinctly. We often overlook them because many such expressions are habitual figures of speech.

If we add words and phrases for comparison, we can create a better sense of connection between the ideas, so our writing makes more sense and we create a better overall message: Sometimes in your ...

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