Does punctuation matter? The answer can be found in this story about a panda that walked into a cafe, ordered a sandwich, ate it, and fired a gun into the air. Why did the panda do such a thing? The answer lies in a badly punctuated manual with a definition of “panda”: “Large black-and-white bear-likeContinue reading “Insights from Bestsellers: Pandas and Punctuation”
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Insights From Famous Writers: Anne Frank
3 Quick Tips for Checking Your Own Writing
If you do any amount of writing at your job, then this article is for you. Whether you write emails to clients or reports to document projects, it’s important to do a final check before hitting Send or Print. There is nothing more horrifying than spotting a glaring error right after you have sent offContinue reading “3 Quick Tips for Checking Your Own Writing”
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10 Quick Grammar Tips that Make You Look Smart (Part 2)
Grammar is a tricky subject, wouldn’t you agree? Even if you write every day and love your grammar (maybe), you’ll find that rules change. English is a living language, and what wasn’t correct before can become accepted! On the flip side, some mistakes are repeated so often that people think they are correct when theyContinue reading “10 Quick Grammar Tips that Make You Look Smart (Part 2)”
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Will Smart Tech Affect Our Decision Making Skills?
Should we fear the intelligence of our smart devices? They already make basic decisions for us, so where does it leave us in the future? Will we evolve to become dumber as a species? And if we become stupider, does it mean that Terminator machines will become a likely reality? Recently, those questions were onContinue reading “Will Smart Tech Affect Our Decision Making Skills?”
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