My latest blog posts on writing, language, and social media.
- How to get your iPhone to capitalize words for you
Recently, I have been noticing an increase in messages coming my way that contain no capitalization. Not starting the message. Not after periods. Not even my own name. I have autism, and one of the things that I hyperfocus on is grammar and writing. So, when I get messages lacking basic sentence structure, such as… Continue reading How to get your iPhone to capitalize words for you - Are you chomping at the bit?
Have you every heard anyone say that someone is chomping at the bit? Usually it is to indicate an eagerness of that person to start something, such as a project or task. Did you know that it is technically wrong? The phrase is actually supposed to be champing at the bit. It comes from horse… Continue reading Are you chomping at the bit? - How to write ages in a sentence
I recently received this reader-submitted question: Hello Kim, I stumbled upon your website while looking for something I found hard to even google, so here I am with a question! For the travel website me and my partner own, we are writing a feature article about someone, and I’m puzzled about which one is the… Continue reading How to write ages in a sentence - Reader question: When do you capitalize “husband”?
A reader recently emailed me this question: A woman who is a columnist for our local San Luis Obispo Tribune always capitalizes the word husband when it precedes his name, i.e. Husband Richard. She also capitalizes Son Sean. When I grumbled about it to a friend who edits books she claimed that was proper. Wondering… Continue reading Reader question: When do you capitalize “husband”? - Difference between evoke and invoke
This is part of the difference between series. I recently encountered a document that misused the word invoke, confusing it for evoke. So I thought I’d do a post on the difference between the two. Evoke Evoke is used when the speaker wants to communicate a calling forth or a calling up. For example, if you want… Continue reading Difference between evoke and invoke - Difference between more than and over
This is part of the difference between series. Last month, Unifor, a union in Canada, held an online writing workshop for their research and communications team. Related to this was the following tweet they sent out. Here’s the thing though: using over instead of more than isn’t a writing mistake. I quote tweeted their tweet saying as… Continue reading Difference between more than and over