If there’s something I can’t stand on the internet, it’s the way some people so willingly gulp down all the bull crap that comes their way.
Seriously. What happened to common sense? Did the advent of the internet drive it to the ground?
It all started with the fake egg. Some email went around, asking people not to purchase eggs from China, as there certain unscrupulous businessmen in the country who made fake eggs. The email came with a rather lengthy step-by-step tutorial on how fake eggs were …

I’ll let you in on a little secret.

Yesterday, I went back to some of my old posts and started editing. I wasn’t just hunting for run of the mill errors; I was looking for something specific that — if not corrected — could ruin me. We could call it the Holy Grail of the Written Word.

I was looking for “i.e.” and replacing it with “e.g.”.

As a young student, I was taught early on that both “i.e.” and “e.g.” are used prior to giving examples. The only difference is that “i.e.” is used to give examples in sentence form, while “e.g.” is used when you enumerate.

I want my money back, school. That’s not how “i.e.” and “e.g.” are used.

What exactly is that orange square supposed to mean?
If you’re a blogger and you still have no idea what that tiny button means, you’re in trouble. That tiny square thing is not Spongebob’s drier cousin; it’s the near-universal symbol for Really Simple Syndication, better known as RSS.
I won’t go into the technical details; it’s unnecessary to go the jargon route, anyway. For us bloggers, the only thing that makes RSS worth noticing is its ability to increase traffic. It’s one of the best and most recommended means …

While surfing through one of my favorite websites, Sharp Words, I came upon this really funny graph that nailed many of the most common grammatical errors that drive me up the wall:

more graph humor and song chart memes
One of my biggest pet peeves when it comes to writing is the incorrect use of “your” and “you’re”. I see this often in chatrooms and blogs, though I’m now jaded enough not to expect the best of prose online. If it’s just a momentary mental lapse then that’s fine. Everybody makes mistakes, …

One of the first projects I ever clinched online was rewriting. The client would hand me a grocery list of information, and I would have to rewrite everything into a single paragraph. My topic? Aromatherapy and hydrosols. It wasn’t difficult at all; in fact, I could finish one assignment in an hour. Sometimes, though, I get too comfortable (since each article would have to follow a specific format) and I have to think of new ways to reword things in a manner that’s still fresh …

…is that you have to meet them.
I’m sort of an over-achiever, as you may have noticed by now. I try to get as many things done as possible. The thing, though, is that sometimes, I multi-task too much and end up with egg on my face. Several times in the past, I took too many writing projects and tried to complete them all at the same time. I thought, of course, that I was some sort of superhero who could finish all the projects on time.
Unfortunately, …

If there’s one thing I truly, deeply abhor, it’s the incorrect use of prepositions.
There’s this girl in the company I work for — she’s really pretty, charming and (as far as I know) nice. The one problem I have with this near-stranger, though, is that she works as the administrative assistant and is in charge of writing and sending out company-wide memos. Often times, I feel like tearing out my hair in frustration upon reading her e-mails; they drive me crazy.
An example is in order, I suppose. …

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I’ve always been secretly awed by fiction writers.
It’s not that I’ve never received my fair share of praise for my writing; more than a few people have commended me on my flair for the written word. It’s just that I’ve always believed that writing non-fiction is clinical — sort of a technical ability rather than a creative streak. Nearly any human being with enough smarts can put together an informative article. It won’t be perfect or excellent, but it’ll work somehow in some instances. When you …