This past weekend, two right of centre provincial political parties agreed to merge into one. As I was reading articles online about the results, I came across a comment that piqued my interest. The author of this comment obviously supported the merger, as he used his comment as an opportunity to wish our current premier,… Continue reading Good riddens
Author: Kim Siever
I am a copywriter and copyeditor. I blog on writing and social media tips mostly, but I sometimes throw in my thoughts about running a small business.
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Another thing coming or another think coming?
I’ll just start out by pointing out that the saying is “you have another think coming”. It’s not “another thing coming”. The saying goes something like, “If you think (such and such), then you have another think coming.” The idiom works because it connects the two thinks. However, because people aren’t used to seeing think used as… Continue reading Another thing coming or another think coming?
When to use commas with names
One thing that seems to trip people up with commas is how to use them with names. For example, which of these is correct: My daughter Jane just bought an island. My daughter, Jane, just bought an island. Well, actually, both could be correct. It depends on the situation.
Difference between bear and bare
This is part of the difference between series. Recently, someone asked me to explain the difference between the words bear and bare. Here’s the difference between the two.
5 things you wanted to know about Mx
In the past, I’ve talked about my preference for Ms over Mrs and Miss. There’s another honorific I wanted to discuss today: Mx.
Difference between whole and entire
This is part of the difference between series. If you use the word whole in a sentence (such as, “I counted the whole crowd.”), chances are Microsoft Word will suggest that you change it for entire. There isn’t much difference between whole and entire. In fact, several dictionaries have whole and entire as synonyms of each other—that’s how close they are… Continue reading Difference between whole and entire
5 tricks to reduce word count in your ridiculously long essay
I remember my communications teacher in college once had us write a 500-word assignment. I don’t remember the topic, but I remember how difficult it was to limit it to just 500 words. After my classmates and I had each finished the assignment, she gave us our next one: cut the writing in half. That’s right,… Continue reading 5 tricks to reduce word count in your ridiculously long essay
How to tag someone (friends and strangers) on Facebook
One of the things I love about Facebook is being able to tag friends. The Tag Friends button You might already be familiar with the tagging feature built into the status update box:
6 ways I quadrupled traffic to my blog
This December will mark 17 years since I started blogging. I started with the now defunct site Themestream, and shortly after it went down, I moved to Blogger. Actually, in a sense, I’ve been blogging longer than that. For 3 years prior, I was writing articles for a weekly ezine. Anyhow, I was recently reviewing the… Continue reading 6 ways I quadrupled traffic to my blog
How to enter the degree symbol on an iPhone
The weather is heating up, and it won’t be long before everyone is talking about how hot it is where they live. As they do, many social media posts are going to be missing something. The degree symbol. People are going to write things like, “It’s 26 out” or “It’s 26C out”. The proper way to… Continue reading How to enter the degree symbol on an iPhone