Month: May 2017

There are some food and drink items that are well known to be bad for dogs. It doesn’t take a genius to work out that giving alcohol to a dog is a very bad idea, and most dog owners are well aware of the dangers of feeding them chocolate. In modern times though, when we […]

With new and inexperienced writers, one of the most common mistakes they make is displaying a lack of structure in how they write. When we talk, we often jump back and forth in what we’re saying, perhaps referring back to an idea from earlier in the discussion. In writing, we need to be a lot

If you want to write for a living, or even as a hobby, one thing you have to get to grips with is the alphabet. You only have 26 letters to use to form your work, so here are 26 tips – one beginning with each of them – on how to make your writing […]

Of all the gripes that grammarians have, it’s often the smallest and seemingly most innocuous that annoy them the most. Apostrophes and their correct use is one matter that keeps many sticklers for grammar awake at night. This is literally the case for the so-called ‘Grammar Vigilante’, a mystery night-time activist who seems to have

When Facebook first took off, how many ‘friends’ you had was quite a big thing. Facebook made it very public, and some people may have found it a bit disheartening to see people with four-figure friend lists while theirs was grinding to a halt around the 75 mark. Today, Facebook seems a lot less competitive, […]