Upcoming Online Short Course

Reading Closely to Write Wednesdays, September 27 through October 18 6:00 to 7:00 p.m. CT It’s an open secret that we learn to write better and better by reading more and more closely. On Wednesday, September 27, Writing Smartly will begin another short course of four one-hour sessions called Reading Closely to Write. Each week …

Which Is or Which Are?

The key to understanding is precision—writing precisely and reading precisely. Language, though, is not mathematics: a word can mean many things while a numeral cannot, and so there are times when we may think we understand what a writer is saying, but a closer look reveals otherwise. Here’s an example: This is a collection of …