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Month: May 2016

Celebrity sexism doesn’t stop at Hollywood: The way we report on and write about female celebrities

Celebrity sexism doesn’t stop at Hollywood: The way we report on and write about female celebrities

Last year, actress Jennifer Lawrence made headlines when she wrote an essay about the gender gap in salaries for male versus female actors. Lawrence pointed out that even in this day and age, male actors earn more than their female

Inpression Editing May 29, 2016October 21, 2016 Writing Tips No Comments Read more

Used vs. utilized: What’s the difference?

Used vs. utilized: What’s the difference?

Do you find yourself using the words used vs. utilized interchangeably? If you do, you’re not alone. A lot of people write utilized when they could just as well write used. Ever wonder why? There’s a simple answer: used vs.

Inpression Editing May 28, 2016December 29, 2016 Editing Tips, Grammar Tips, Writing Tips No Comments Read more

Why brands are trying to make their mark with lowercase letters

Why brands are trying to make their mark with lowercase letters

In 2008, just after losing a court case about breaking labour laws, Walmart got a makeover. It swapped the bold capital letters it had used throughout its 46-year history (i.e., “WAL-MART”) with a capitalized “w” and lowercase type for the

Inpression Editing May 22, 2016October 21, 2016 Writing Tips No Comments Read more

Why you should know your talk well enough that you can present without your slides

Why you should know your talk well enough that you can present without your slides

When I was in grad school, we sometimes had professors from other universities visit our department to give guest talks. One of these guest talks, however, didn’t go as planned. Things started out just as they always did: the speaker,

Nadia May 21, 2016October 21, 2016 Presentation Tips No Comments Read more

“The woman’s card” versus “the woman card”: Which one is it?

“The woman’s card” versus “the woman card”: Which one is it?

Late last month, Donald Trump created a media firestorm when he publicly stated that Hillary Clinton has been successful in the 2016 US presidential campaign only because she’s a woman: “if Hillary Clinton were a man, I don’t think she’d

Inpression Editing May 15, 2016October 21, 2016 Grammar Tips, Punctuation Tips No Comments Read more

“Compose” versus “comprise”

“Compose” versus “comprise”

Have trouble remembering the difference between the words “compose” and “comprise”? You’re not alone. Because these words are so similar in how they sound and how they’re spelled, it can be hard to remember how they differ. In fact, many

Inpression Editing May 14, 2016October 21, 2016 Grammar Tips 1 Comment Read more

Does Apple’s take on grammar really matter?

Does Apple’s take on grammar really matter?

Just over a week ago, Apple’s senior vice president of worldwide marketing, Phil Schiller, created an uproar on Twitter when he tweeted that “One need never pluralize Apple product names.” Say what? According to Schiller, “iPhone” is both the singular

Inpression Editing May 8, 2016October 21, 2016 Grammar Tips No Comments Read more

Joint versus separate possession: owning things together or separately

Joint versus separate possession: owning things together or separately

Ever write something like “Mike and Kelly’s house” and wonder where the apostrophes are supposed to go? Do you place the apostrophe and the “s” on the end of both names or just on the last one? Well, you’re in

Inpression Editing May 7, 2016October 21, 2016 Grammar Tips No Comments Read more

When to use “a” vs. “an”

When to use “a” vs. “an”

How do you know whether to use “a” versus “an” in front of a word? Many of us were taught in elementary school that we use “a” in front of nouns that begin with consonant letters (e.g., “a crown”) and

Inpression Editing May 2, 2016October 21, 2016 Grammar Tips No Comments Read more

Can you guess which celebrities made these Twitter typos?

Can you guess which celebrities made these Twitter typos?

You don’t have to look far to find examples of typos or grammar errors in tweets posted by celebrities. Of course, everyone makes mistakes sometimes, and in certain cases, a mistake may be as innocent as an autocorrect fail. If

Inpression Editing May 1, 2016October 21, 2016 Editing Tips, Grammar Tips No Comments Read more

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