Imagine your hard work developing your writing skills finally pays off: During a biennial recruitment drive, you landed a full-time job as a content creator who helps writers format short stories. You get a biannual bonus that depends on your semiannual performance review, but there’s just one problem. You’re not exactly sure what biannual, semiannual…
Last summer, I was writing a ghost story about a grandmother who became very ill and needed help with her daily duties. (I promise you, it was spookier than it sounds.) My friend was a beta reader of my story and told me that I didn’t need to switch between caretaker vs. caregiver so much.…
Call me nerdy, but I love all things nuanced and contextual, especially regarding grammar and writing. It makes me particularly well-suited for my self-appointed role in Commonly Confused Word activism. Take renounce vs. denounce, for example. Even though the definitions of these similar words are quite distinct, the fact that they’re spelled nearly the same and both…
