In the earlier write up on “How to take fast notes”, we talked about the shorthand formats namely the Pitman’s style, Tee-line, Greg Style, Steno-Based System, Quick Script and Alphabetical Shorthand System, employable for fast note taking. Now, we
Need some help staying motivated? Here are another 11 tips to help you keep going. Only write one chapter at a time Write and publish a novel, one chapter at a time, using Amazon Kindle Singles, Wattpad, or sharing
Tribute cartoons to the journalists at Charlie Hebdo compare pencils with guns, writers with fighters - it's also why some demonstrators are holding pens and pencils in the air. Many of the cartoons assert that "the pen is mightier
Fingers and fingering sound so alike but are actually different in meaning. Finger is indeed a rich bank of varying expressions. The different fingers include: thumb, index finger, middle finger, ring finger and little finger. History shows that the
You know your writing heroes? Would you be shocked to learn that their writing is no better than yours? Sure, the end product is better, but the first draft is just as clumsy, flabby, and downright difficult to read
1. DON’T PAD YOUR PROSE WITH EMPTY FILLER WORDS (Or: Avoid Using Grammar Expletives) Grammar expletives are literary constructions that begin with the words it, here, or therefollowed by a form of the verb to be. (Expletive comes from
Whether we're composing a blog or a business letter, an email or an essay, our usual goal is to respond clearly and directly to the needs and interests of our readers. These 10 tips should help us sharpen our
In English words, cum has produced the prefixes com-, con-, and col-. These prefixes convey the idea of “together, together with, in combination or union.” For example, the noun companion combines com- with panis (bread). A companion is “a
Each of the following quotations contains a grammatical error; can you spot it? This process is one of several that is required to maintain nuclear SREBP1-c at very low levels… A study designed by Drs. Liu and
Brother, from the Old English word brothor and cognate with the Latin term frater and the Greek word phrater (both of which mean “fellow clan member”), means not only “a male with one or more parents in common” but
