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Consistency and Clarity of Thought in Professional Writing
One of the biggest concerns that a professional writer will face whether they are writing website content or for an article marketing campaign, is the need to maintain a sense of consistency and a sense of purpose in all of their writings. Whether you are writing for your personal pleasure or offering professional writing services to help other people gather very important information that they cannot get anywhere else in the world, it will all be for nothing if you cannot remain consistent.
As a professional writer, on the Internet or anywhere else, it is important to be able to start at the beginning and finish at the end without missing any of the stops in the middle. A writer may not be successfully presumptive about anything. If you are writing with the consideration that your entire audience is smarter than the average person, you will alienate and subsequently lose roughly half of your audience.
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Most Common Misused English Words of All Time Part 12
Well and Good
Good is not an adverb and should not be used as one. If somebody tells me that they speak “good” English I know that they do not. Likewise, if someone tells me that they write good, I know that they do not. You can feel good, you can be a good speaker and you can even look good but you cannot be good, write good or speak good … you cannot even run good or anything else that requires you to use good as an adverb. Well is an adverb and should often be used where people commonly (and incorrectly) use good. You can feel well, be well, you can write well and you can speak English well … but only if you know how to use the English language properly. Is that all well and good with you?
Which and Who
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Most Common Misused English Words of All Time Part 11
Rise and Raise
This is another easy one to explain. “Raise” is what is known as an intransitive verb and “Rise” is grammatically speaking, a transitive verb.
Now that you know that, you should be all set right?
To raise something means to lift it up or make it and it requires an object in the sentence. Thus, you could say “Raise my hand if you believe in mental telepathy.” and it would be grammatically correct. When “Raise” is used in a sentence, it requires the presence of an object. In other words, there has to be an object in the sentence that is raised.
Rise is an intransitive verb and can be used without an object. Thus; “I rise early in the morning.” is a complete and grammatically correct sentence.
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Most Common Misused English Words of All Time Part 10
Oppose and Appose
Appose is to apply something to another thing and oppose is to contradict something or go against it. This is just one of many errors that many grammar checks will miss since they only look at the actual type of word and are not reading the sentence as humans will.
Or and And
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Most Common Misused English Words of All Time Part 9
Libel and Liable
If you continuously print libelous statements, you are liable to encounter a negative reaction. Libel is printing what can reasonably be discerned to be materials which are harmful to someone. Liable is much like saying “Likely to” but generally with negative or adverse results. Thus, if you study hard, you are likely to do well with your written English. If you do not study and remain apathetic, you are liable to end up doing poorly with your written English skills.
Libel and Slander
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