Microsoft’s conversion from Office 365 subscriptions to Microsoft 365, beginning Tuesday, will be accompanied by features that will be rolled out over the coming months. But there’s an exception ...

(Editor’s note: “How to Write Short: Word Craft for Fast Times” is the fourth in a series of writing and language books written by Poynter’s Roy Peter Clark and published by Little, Brown, beginning ...

If you think choosing precisely the right words doesn’t matter much, you’re wrong. A single word can have amazing power to change human behavior, usually without our being aware of it. Which means ...

Both physics and writing feature cohesion – a term used in writing to mean linking and ordering sentences and paragraphs. Here's a range of words and phrases. Some of these are coordinating ...

These phrases alert your reader that you as a writer are about to summarize or paraphrase another idea established by an authority on a chosen topic. Note that while some of these are quite neutral, ...

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Writing a check correctly can be intimidating, especially if you’re out of practice — or never learned. The less you use your checkbook, the more confusing it can be — especially when it comes to ...

I dislike writing long sentences. I avoid foreign words whenever possible. I boldly cut paragraphs that add nothing. I refuse to cover up weak logic with quotes. I strive to unpack vague expressions.