Arrant means being notoriously without moderation or extreme. Arrant was originally a variant of errant, but it developed a meaning of its own before any ….
Month: April 2021
Addition and edition may occasionally come dangerously close together in meaning. Which is the correct word in the following sentence? On this special bonus [addition ….
Add conventionally functions as an abbreviation of the word addition. Otherwise, by itself, add is a verb meaning either to calculate the total of multiple ….
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Surround yourself with people who lift you higher.
A List of Gluey Sticky Words “Omit needless words” — William Strunk, The Elements of Style Strunk & White’s advice is simple. Find words with ….
Dear Weeping Editor, I went to a writers’ conference a few years back and the repeating theme was never to use the word “feel” in ….
Whether it is a group of mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, or insects there is usually a unique collective noun to identify the specific group, although ….
Allowed is the past tense of the verb allow, meaning to permit, to let happen, to permit entrance, or to acknowledge the truth or acceptability ….
To amend is to change for the better, to put right, or to alter by adding. The word’s corresponding noun is amendment. Amend is the ….
There is a way to come out of that isolation and find yourself among people who think like you, who talk to non-existent people in their heads, who also spend hours a day/week/month pounding at a keyboard, praying fervently that the words they type will mean something to the readers who consume them.
Attend a writers event.