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Here are some tips and ideas that might help your writing and presenting. There will be regular additions, so check back often.

The Tips are divided into six sections. Click to jump to your choice:

  1. Writing for Grammar & Mechanics - this is the basic information about punctuation, spelling, capital letters, word choice, and so forth.

  2. Writing for Style - tips in this section are about flow, power, and overall effect, including discussions of many famous writers.

  3. Writing for Fun - general humour and silliness.

  4. Writing Resources - documents and websites to help you with your writing

  5. Powerful Presentations - lots of information about how to create and give a presentation that will be effective and memorable.

  6. Global Business English - these are articles specifically about the trends and future of English on an international scale. Visit our companion website Global Business English for instructional modules, personal coaching, and much more.

Feel free to print and re-use these tips, just reference us. In case you are interested, if you accessed the Comma, Not Coma tip on Jan 28, 2008, the MLA convention for referencing electronic resources would take this form:

Moore, Steven. "Comma, Not Coma." Moore Partners. 28 Jan. 2008 < http://www.moorepartners.ca/commanotcoma>.

Writing for Grammar & Mechanics

Adjective or Adverb?
Comma, Not Coma
Just Colons
Adjective Adverb Errors
Hyphens and Hyp-hens
Just Semicolons
Capital Letters
Forming Plurals
Spelling
Colons and Semicolons
Who vs. Whom
On Paragraphs
Double Negatives
Professional Email
Writing Numbers
Quotation Marks
Jump Start with Freewriting
Glamour and Grammar


Writing for Style

Be Specific and Concrete
Norman Mailer
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Commonly Confused Words
Raymond Chandler
Let's Praise Editors
Gender-Free Writing
George Orwell
E.B. White
Omit Needless Words
Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
Ten Writing Tips
Ernest Hemingway
Raymond Carver
Rick Reilly
Writerisms
Be Concise
Dr. Seuss
Compendium of Styles A-H
Compendium of Styles I-W
Appositives for Detail

Writing for Fun

General Writing Tips
Words About Words
Fractured English
Who Puts Those...?
Test for Literature Abusers
Irony
Mark Twain on Spelling
How I Met My Wife
33 Names of Things

Writing Resources

Print Resources
Brief History of English
What Is the Name For...?
Top 10 Writing Tools


Powerful Presentations

Presentation Tips
Presentation Outlines
Change the Order
Practice Out Loud
Vary Your Tone
Control Your Nervousness
Smile and Relax
Objectives and Messages
Storyboard Headlines
How To Persuade
Something Interesting
Talk To Your Audience

Global Business English

Future of Global Business
Get Ready for Globish
The New English
   

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