by webmaster | Aug 5, 2014 | Polishing the PUGS, Tips
Writing is a skill that can be learned, a talent that can be developed, a craft that can be honed, an art that can be mastered, and a profession that can be pursued. But it’s not easy. Like any other skill, talent, craft, art, or profession, it requires...
by webmaster | Nov 17, 2012 | Blog, Polishing the PUGS
I’ve just started posting “PUGS Pointers”–tips for writers on Punctuation, Usage, Grammar, and Spelling”–on the blog of the Christian Manuscript Critique Service. The first tip (already posted) has one of the many reasons...
by webmaster | Oct 5, 2012 | Blog, Polishing the PUGS
My blog this month at Christian Author Network contains more tips on Punctuation, Usage, Grammar, and Spelling … what I like to call “PUGS.” Check it out at http://canblog.typepad.com/canbookmarketing/2012/10/pugs-pointers-15.html PUNCTUATION...
by webmaster | Sep 8, 2012 | Blog, Polishing the PUGS
My blog this month on the Christian Authors Network covers several interesting topics, including: when to use “different from” vs. “different than” whether to use an apostrophe for “writers conference” whether to...
by webmaster | Aug 17, 2012 | Blog, Polishing the PUGS
I recently came across something in The Chicago Manual of Style that surprised me. CMS rule #2.18, “Prose Extracts,” says that block-indented quotations should NOT have an additional first-line paragraph indent. If the quotation consists of more than one...
by webmaster | Aug 9, 2012 | Blog, Polishing the PUGS
I just discovered something that’s contrary to what I have in my Proofreading Secrets book. ACK! In the Usage section of my Proofreading Secrets book, I point out the distinction between the two words between and among–that between is used when...
