by Jean Little | Oct 5, 2020 | Writing Tips
Get a Good Laugh With Misplaced Modifiers Did your mom ever call out the entire list of your siblings’ or pets’ names before getting to yours? I only have two sons and I do it already. There’s just something about being a parent (sleep deprivation, anyone?) that can...
by Kate Meier | May 17, 2022 | Writing Tips
Sentence Modifiers: Know Their Place, and Don’t Leave Them Hanging Want to write something totally unbelievable? It’s really easy if you use dangling or misplaced modifiers. Any word or phrase can be a sentence modifier, as all it has to do is describe an object or...
by Henry Fung | May 14, 2022 | GrammarSpot, Writing Tips
What Are Squinting Modifiers? Reconnecting with an old friend, I asked how her life had changed since I last saw her. “Well,” she said, “getting married often changes one’s outlook on life.” Curious, I asked her, “Approximately how often do you need to get married for...
by Beth Sederstrom | Nov 1, 2022 | Content Marketing
9 Reasons Why You Should Be Using a Blog Service It doesn’t matter if your company sells artisanal pickles or offers ghost tours of Savannah. When it comes right down to it, almost all brands have similar blog content creation goals. What separates the Vicky’s Very...
by Kate Meier | May 2, 2022 | GrammarSpot
Writing Pet Peeves: Cringing While You Read You know those times when you just want to kick back and enjoy scrolling through Facebook, and then you see a friend’s post that confused “your” and “you’re” and you feel like your head is going to explode? Frustrating,...
