Topics for Q & A on Writing 02

Note: This is the second set of topics for Q & A on Writing. Just click on the topic and my explanation will appear.Click on 2012 to return to topics. RayS.

 "Tablespoonfuls" and "Teaspoonfuls"

• "Supine" and "Prone"
• "Stanch" and "Staunch"
• The Subjunctive
• Split Infinitive
• "Shined" and "Shone"
• Spelling: Almost Guaranteed to be Misspelled
• Quotation Marks: Question Marks and Exclamation Po...
• Quotes: Semicolons and Colons.
• Quotes: The One Mistake You Should Never Make
• "Protagonist" and "Antagonist."
• "Prophecy" and "Prophesy"
• "Principal" and "Principle"
• "Preventive" and "Preventative"
• "Prescribe" and "Proscribe"
• "...concerned about the plane's leaving"
• "Notorious" and "Noted"
• "None"
• "Neither...."
• "Militate" and "Mitigate"
• "Media" and "Medium"
• "Mantel" and "Mantle." "Meddle" and "Mettle"
• "Him and me went to the game."
• "Like" and "As"
• "Liable" and "Likely"
• "Lie" and "Lay"
• "It's" and "Its"
• "Insure" and "Ensure"
• "Incredible" and "Incredulous"
• "Incident"
• "Imply" and "Infer"
• "Implement"
• "Impact"
• "Hopefully"
• "Can't help but...."
• "Hanged" and "Hung"
• "Graduate from...." "Be graduated from...."
• "Farther" and "Further"
• "Fulsome"
• "Foreword" and "Forward"
• "Flaunt" and "Flout"
• "One of the few who (is) or (are)...."
• "Fewer" and "Less"
• "Everyone" and "Every one"
• "Eminent" and "Imminent"
• "Emigrate" and "Immigrate"
• "Either" + Verb
• "West" or "west"
• "Due to" and "Because of"
• "Disinterested" and "Uninterested"
• "Different from...." and "Different than...."
• "Criterion" and "Criteria"
• "Convince" and "Persuade."
• "Continual" and "Continuous"
• "Complement" and "Compliment"
• "Chairwoman," "Chairlady" or "Chairperson."
• "Cannon" and "Canon."
• Cancel; Canceled; Canceling; Cancellation.
• "Bring" and "Take."
• "Barred" and "Banned"
• "Bad" and "Badly"
• "Affect" and "Effect."
• "Like" and "As."
• "Anxious" and "Eager."
• "Amount" and "Number"
• "Among" and "Between"
• Alumna; Alumnus; Alumnae; Alumni.
• "Adverse" and "Averse"
• Essay Exams
• 5. Revising and Editing
• 4. Writing the Draft
• 2. Brainstorming. 3. Thesis and Topic Sentences.
• Model of an Expository Composition
• Writing Process
• Exposition and Narrative
• "I Should Have Went to Practice"
• Unfamiliar Writing Formats
• Review of Questions Already Answered in Q & A.
• After the Brainstorm
• Writing Process: Brainstorming.
• Visualizing Spelling
• Predictable Misspellings
• Some Thoughts on Spelling
• Write Around It
• More Writers on Writing
• Should I Let People Review My Work?
• Typos
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• Word Choice and Vocabulary
• Write As You Speak?
• 20 Ideas from Writers on Writing
• Writers on Writing 06
• Writers on Writing 05
• Writers on Writing 04
• Writers on Writing 03
• Writers on Writing 02
• Writers on Writing 01
• Essential Punctuation 03
• Essential Punctuation 02
• Essential Punctaution 01
• Avoiding Sexist Language
• Writer's Block
• Capitalizing Family Relationhips
• Spelling: -sede; -ceed; -cede.
• Most Frequent Mistake in Writing
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