There are many common ways to write with more concision. For instance, if you remove that from your writing, you'll still retain the same meaning with fewer characters. Learn more, including examples, here.
Learn when to use larger vs. bigger vs. greater vs. higher with Grammar Rules from the Writer's Digest editors, including a few examples of correct usages.
Learn when to use creak vs. creek with Grammar Rules from the Writer's Digest editors, including a few examples of correct usages.
Learn when to use canon vs. cannon with Grammar Rules from the Writer's Digest editors, including a few examples of correct usages.
Learn when to use further vs. farther with Grammar Rules from the Writer's Digest editors, including a few examples of correct usages.
Learn when to use systemic vs. systematic vs. institutional with Grammar Rules from the Writer's Digest editors.
Learn when to use advice vs. advise with Grammar Rules from the Writer's Digest editors, including a few examples of correct usages.
Here are 63 grammar rules for writers to assist them with better writing skills. Each rule includes a quick breakdown and links to a post that goes into more detail with examples. This list will be updated with new rules as we add them to the site.
Learn when to use sight vs. site vs. cite with Grammar Rules from the Writer's Digest editors, including a few examples of correct usages.
Learn when you're using empathy vs. sympathy vs. apathy with Grammar Rules from the Writer's Digest editors, including their differences and when they might overlap.
Learn the differences between semantics vs. syntax vs. pragmatics with Grammar Rules from the Writer's Digest editors, including a few examples of correct usages.
Learn when you're writing or reading a fable vs. parable vs. allegory with Grammar Rules from the Writer's Digest editors, including a few examples of each.
What do you really know about proper semicolon use? Is it just the punctuation mark that pauses longer than a comma but shorter than a period? Is there more to how you should use semicolons in your writing? Learn the answers here.
Learn when to use the Oxford comma (or serial comma) with Grammar Rules from the Writer's Digest editors, including a few examples of correct usages.
Learn when you're using a metaphor vs. personification with Grammar Rules from the Writer's Digest editors, including a few examples of correct usages.
What is the plural form of email? Is it email? Emails? Email messages? Learn the answer to these questions and more with Grammar Rules from the Writer's Digest editors, including a few examples of correct usages.
Learn when to use canceled vs. cancelled with Grammar Rules from the Writer's Digest editors, including a few examples of correct usages.
Learn when to use awhile vs. a while with Grammar Rules from the Writer's Digest editors, including a few examples of correct usages.
Learn when to use heroes vs. heros with Grammar Rules from the Writer's Digest editors, including a few examples of correct usages.
Is it email or e-mail? We cover this and more in this edition of Grammar Rules.
Learn when to use lets vs. let's with Grammar Rules from the Writer's Digest editors, including a few examples of correct usages.
Learn when to use lose vs. loose vs. loosen with Grammar Rules from the Writer's Digest editors, including a few examples of correct usages.
Learn when to use ketchup vs. catsup with Grammar Rules from the Writer's Digest editors, including a few examples of correct usages.
Learn when to use same vs. similar with Grammar Rules from the Writer's Digest editors, including a few examples of correct usages.
