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Grammar Day Begets Fun Limerick Contest From Ragan.com and Boston Globe

In its contest for well-written limericks

Ragan shared the best entries and top picks.
     How impressive the clamour,
    This quest for good grammar,
Next year we’ll add ours to the mix.
 

Being in the press release business, we spend a lot of time coaching clients on headline writing, press release crafting, and other basics of producing press releases that [...]

Grammar Gossip: Toward, Towards, Towanda!

Every month, Business Wire Editor Emily Jones provides useful grammar tips and tricks to help us write better press releases. It’s another edition of Grammar Gossip!
Have you ever struggled with whether to use “toward” or “towards” in a sentence? Have you ever seen the movie “Fried Green Tomatoes?” What ever happened to Mary Stuart Masterson?
This [...]

Grammar Gossip: The Big L

Every month, Business Wire Editor Emily Jones provides useful grammar tips and tricks to help us write better press releases. It’s another edition of Grammar Gossip!
It’s not what you think. Grammar Gossip girl shall not say those three little words after we’ve been together only two years. What she will say is that it’s time [...]

Grammar Gossip: If I Only Had the Nerve…

Every month, Business Wire Editor Emily Jones provides useful grammar tips and tricks to help us write better press releases. It’s another edition of Grammar Gossip!
There’s no place like home, as is evident by Grammar Gossip’s faithful readers. Thank you to all who send in suggestions. On the way down the yellow brick road of [...]

Grammar Gossip: The Pop! Quiz Effect

Every month, Business Wire Editor Emily Jones provides useful grammar tips and tricks to help us write better press releases. It’s another edition of Grammar Gossip!
The Pop! Quiz Effect
Think you know the difference between commonly confused words ‘affect‘ & ‘effect‘? Time for a pop quiz!
Which sentence is correct?
a) Thankfully, Spencer Pratt and Heidi Montag’s honeymoon [...]

Grammar Gossip: When You Don’t Have ESP about EDT or EST

Every month, Business Wire Editor Emily Jones provides useful grammar tips and tricks to help us write better press releases. It’s another edition of Grammar Gossip!
When You Don’t Have ESP about EDT or EST
Acronyms abound…Grammar Gossip will clear up the confusion between when to use Eastern Daylight Time or Eastern Standard Time.
Eastern Daylight Time: use [...]

Grammar Gossip: A Quotation Quandary

Every month, Business Wire Editor Emily Jones provides useful grammar tips and tricks to help us write better press releases. It’s another edition of Grammar Gossip!
A Quotation Quandary
So many press releases, so many important quotes from important people. With thousands of press releases crossing the wire on a daily basis, it is ever more crucial [...]

Grammar Gossip: The Wonderful World of Who

Every month, Business Wire Editor Emily Jones provides useful grammar tips and tricks to help us write better press releases. It’s Grammar Gossip!
The Wonderful World of Who
Who’s excited for the Oscars? I’m guessing the people whose favorite movies are nominated are.
A tip for all who are wondering when to use the words “who’s” and “whose” [...]