http://workflowWriting.com The Information Writers Need, Where They Can Find It Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:00:38 +0000 en hourly 1 http://workflowWriting.com/41629/saying-goodbye-is-%e2%80%9cnever%e2%80%9d-easy.php http://workflowWriting.com/41629/saying-goodbye-is-%e2%80%9cnever%e2%80%9d-easy.php#comments Thu, 01 Jul 2010 01:07:07 +0000 Dawn Allcot http://freelancewritinggigs.com/grammar/?p=315 http://workflowWriting.com/41629/saying-goodbye-is-%e2%80%9cnever%e2%80%9d-easy.php/feed 0 http://workflowWriting.com/40678/a-large-percentage-of-people-use-in-writing.php http://workflowWriting.com/40678/a-large-percentage-of-people-use-in-writing.php#comments Sat, 26 Jun 2010 20:18:22 +0000 Dawn Allcot http://freelancewritinggigs.com/grammar/?p=312 http://workflowWriting.com/40678/a-large-percentage-of-people-use-in-writing.php/feed 0 http://workflowWriting.com/39805/the-right-words-to-use.php http://workflowWriting.com/39805/the-right-words-to-use.php#comments Tue, 22 Jun 2010 16:44:50 +0000 Dawn Allcot http://freelancewritinggigs.com/grammar/?p=295 Hi, Dawn! Hope all goes well. I have two words that really bother me, and are changed [in my publication] whenever possible: “utilize” vs. “use:” Why not use the shorter term almost all the time; is there really a difference …]]> http://workflowWriting.com/39805/the-right-words-to-use.php/feed 0 http://workflowWriting.com/38439/living-and-writing-virtually.php http://workflowWriting.com/38439/living-and-writing-virtually.php#comments Thu, 17 Jun 2010 17:01:58 +0000 Dawn Allcot http://freelancewritinggigs.com/grammar/?p=303 http://workflowWriting.com/38439/living-and-writing-virtually.php/feed 0 http://workflowWriting.com/37640/rescue-those-floating-quotation-marks-this-%e2%80%9csummer%e2%80%9d.php http://workflowWriting.com/37640/rescue-those-floating-quotation-marks-this-%e2%80%9csummer%e2%80%9d.php#comments Mon, 14 Jun 2010 13:30:19 +0000 Dawn Allcot http://freelancewritinggigs.com/grammar/?p=305 http://workflowWriting.com/37640/rescue-those-floating-quotation-marks-this-%e2%80%9csummer%e2%80%9d.php/feed 0 http://workflowWriting.com/34261/three-steps-to-foolproof-proofreading-editing.php http://workflowWriting.com/34261/three-steps-to-foolproof-proofreading-editing.php#comments Tue, 01 Jun 2010 16:19:59 +0000 Dawn Allcot http://freelancewritinggigs.com/grammar/?p=300 http://workflowWriting.com/34261/three-steps-to-foolproof-proofreading-editing.php/feed 0 http://workflowWriting.com/32455/prepositions-it%e2%80%99s-okay-to-end-a-sentence-with%e2%80%a6.php http://workflowWriting.com/32455/prepositions-it%e2%80%99s-okay-to-end-a-sentence-with%e2%80%a6.php#comments Tue, 25 May 2010 17:15:49 +0000 Dawn Allcot http://freelancewritinggigs.com/grammar/?p=297 http://workflowWriting.com/32455/prepositions-it%e2%80%99s-okay-to-end-a-sentence-with%e2%80%a6.php/feed 0 http://workflowWriting.com/30451/whom-does-this-concern.php http://workflowWriting.com/30451/whom-does-this-concern.php#comments Tue, 18 May 2010 01:41:55 +0000 Dawn Allcot http://freelancewritinggigs.com/grammar/?p=292 As I am writing at work (and I do a lot of writing!), I wasn’t sure about when to use who vs. whom. I thought of your grammar blog again. Maybe you can help? Ms. B Ms. B, Thanks for…]]> http://workflowWriting.com/30451/whom-does-this-concern.php/feed 0 http://workflowWriting.com/28770/the-importance-of-proofreaders.php http://workflowWriting.com/28770/the-importance-of-proofreaders.php#comments Sun, 09 May 2010 00:17:27 +0000 Dawn Allcot http://freelancewritinggigs.com/grammar/?p=290 http://workflowWriting.com/28770/the-importance-of-proofreaders.php/feed 0 http://workflowWriting.com/28305/how-to-avoid-archaic-words-and-phrases-in-your-writing.php http://workflowWriting.com/28305/how-to-avoid-archaic-words-and-phrases-in-your-writing.php#comments Thu, 06 May 2010 03:40:02 +0000 Dawn Allcot http://freelancewritinggigs.com/grammar/?p=287 http://workflowWriting.com/28305/how-to-avoid-archaic-words-and-phrases-in-your-writing.php/feed 0 http://workflowWriting.com/27301/as-per-this-blog-post%e2%80%a6.php http://workflowWriting.com/27301/as-per-this-blog-post%e2%80%a6.php#comments Fri, 30 Apr 2010 00:39:01 +0000 Dawn Allcot http://freelancewritinggigs.com/grammar/?p=280 Is the phrase “as per” (as in “As per my phone call, …”) grammatically correct and what alternatives are there to this phrase? I use this a lot when writing and not sure if it is acceptable! Just a thought …]]> http://workflowWriting.com/27301/as-per-this-blog-post%e2%80%a6.php/feed 0 http://workflowWriting.com/26834/five-reasons-to-create-a-new-word.php http://workflowWriting.com/26834/five-reasons-to-create-a-new-word.php#comments Tue, 27 Apr 2010 18:32:18 +0000 Dawn Allcot http://freelancewritinggigs.com/grammar/?p=277 http://workflowWriting.com/26834/five-reasons-to-create-a-new-word.php/feed 0 http://workflowWriting.com/25409/how-valuable-is-your-service-will-it-make-you-famous.php http://workflowWriting.com/25409/how-valuable-is-your-service-will-it-make-you-famous.php#comments Sat, 17 Apr 2010 19:48:49 +0000 Dawn Allcot http://freelancewritinggigs.com/grammar/?p=272 http://workflowWriting.com/25409/how-valuable-is-your-service-will-it-make-you-famous.php/feed 0 http://workflowWriting.com/25223/you%e2%80%99re-reading-an-instant-classic.php http://workflowWriting.com/25223/you%e2%80%99re-reading-an-instant-classic.php#comments Thu, 15 Apr 2010 19:22:37 +0000 Dawn Allcot http://freelancewritinggigs.com/grammar/?p=267 How old does something have to be before it can be described as a classic? The marketing world has its own language. Only in business and marketing do you hear terms like “ROI” and “conversions” bandied about as commonly as…]]> http://workflowWriting.com/25223/you%e2%80%99re-reading-an-instant-classic.php/feed 0 http://workflowWriting.com/24975/every-day-is-a-new-beginning.php http://workflowWriting.com/24975/every-day-is-a-new-beginning.php#comments Wed, 14 Apr 2010 00:05:32 +0000 Dawn Allcot http://freelancewritinggigs.com/grammar/?p=261 http://workflowWriting.com/24975/every-day-is-a-new-beginning.php/feed 0 http://workflowWriting.com/24201/more-words-to-avoid-in-freelance-writing.php http://workflowWriting.com/24201/more-words-to-avoid-in-freelance-writing.php#comments Thu, 08 Apr 2010 21:53:15 +0000 Dawn Allcot http://freelancewritinggigs.com/grammar/?p=252 http://workflowWriting.com/24201/more-words-to-avoid-in-freelance-writing.php/feed 0 http://workflowWriting.com/23879/regardless-don%e2%80%99t-read-this-blog-post-during-breakfast.php http://workflowWriting.com/23879/regardless-don%e2%80%99t-read-this-blog-post-during-breakfast.php#comments Tue, 06 Apr 2010 23:16:59 +0000 Dawn Allcot http://freelancewritinggigs.com/grammar/?p=256 http://workflowWriting.com/23879/regardless-don%e2%80%99t-read-this-blog-post-during-breakfast.php/feed 0 http://workflowWriting.com/23059/are-you-really-writing-a-blog.php http://workflowWriting.com/23059/are-you-really-writing-a-blog.php#comments Wed, 31 Mar 2010 14:54:38 +0000 Dawn Allcot http://freelancewritinggigs.com/grammar/?p=243 http://workflowWriting.com/23059/are-you-really-writing-a-blog.php/feed 0 http://workflowWriting.com/22907/we-are-the-social-media.php http://workflowWriting.com/22907/we-are-the-social-media.php#comments Tue, 30 Mar 2010 13:44:52 +0000 Dawn Allcot http://freelancewritinggigs.com/grammar/?p=240 “Is social media singular or plural?” This question came to me from a regular reader by means of Twitter. Reader questions are rarely easy, but I like a challenge. (So keep them coming!) First, let me say this. Social media…]]> http://workflowWriting.com/22907/we-are-the-social-media.php/feed 0 http://workflowWriting.com/22644/is-the-freelance-writing-jobs-network-grammatically-correct.php http://workflowWriting.com/22644/is-the-freelance-writing-jobs-network-grammatically-correct.php#comments Sun, 28 Mar 2010 13:30:13 +0000 Dawn Allcot http://freelancewritinggigs.com/grammar/?p=238 Freelance Writing Jobs Network, a blog network and community for freelance writers. But are we all really “freelance writers?” Or “free…]]> http://workflowWriting.com/22644/is-the-freelance-writing-jobs-network-grammatically-correct.php/feed 0 http://workflowWriting.com/22564/the-great-space-debate.php http://workflowWriting.com/22564/the-great-space-debate.php#comments Sat, 27 Mar 2010 15:25:23 +0000 Dawn Allcot http://freelancewritinggigs.com/grammar/?p=235 What is proper when starting a new sentence… one space after the period (or question mark, etc.) or two? For example: I went to …]]> http://workflowWriting.com/22564/the-great-space-debate.php/feed 0 http://workflowWriting.com/22475/a-sense-of-capital-en-title-ment.php http://workflowWriting.com/22475/a-sense-of-capital-en-title-ment.php#comments Fri, 26 Mar 2010 16:49:28 +0000 Dawn Allcot http://freelancewritinggigs.com/grammar/?p=228 http://workflowWriting.com/22475/a-sense-of-capital-en-title-ment.php/feed 0 http://workflowWriting.com/21415/happy-spring.php http://workflowWriting.com/21415/happy-spring.php#comments Mon, 22 Mar 2010 00:16:48 +0000 Dawn Allcot http://freelancewritinggigs.com/grammar/?p=221 Do you capitalize the names …]]> http://workflowWriting.com/21415/happy-spring.php/feed 0 http://workflowWriting.com/21359/the-most-important-word-to-spell-correctly.php http://workflowWriting.com/21359/the-most-important-word-to-spell-correctly.php#comments Sat, 20 Mar 2010 23:24:51 +0000 Dawn Allcot http://freelancewritinggigs.com/grammar/?p=218 http://workflowWriting.com/21359/the-most-important-word-to-spell-correctly.php/feed 0 http://workflowWriting.com/20868/why-it%e2%80%99s-not-st-patty%e2%80%99s-day.php http://workflowWriting.com/20868/why-it%e2%80%99s-not-st-patty%e2%80%99s-day.php#comments Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:46:44 +0000 Dawn Allcot http://freelancewritinggigs.com/grammar/?p=214 http://workflowWriting.com/20868/why-it%e2%80%99s-not-st-patty%e2%80%99s-day.php/feed 0 http://workflowWriting.com/20429/using-numbers-in-writing.php http://workflowWriting.com/20429/using-numbers-in-writing.php#comments Sat, 13 Mar 2010 17:43:49 +0000 Dawn Allcot http://freelancewritinggigs.com/grammar/?p=211 http://workflowWriting.com/20429/using-numbers-in-writing.php/feed 0 http://workflowWriting.com/20038/obliterating-%e2%80%9cand%e2%80%9d-%e2%80%9calso%e2%80%9d-and-%e2%80%9cadditionally%e2%80%9d.php http://workflowWriting.com/20038/obliterating-%e2%80%9cand%e2%80%9d-%e2%80%9calso%e2%80%9d-and-%e2%80%9cadditionally%e2%80%9d.php#comments Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:15:09 +0000 Dawn Allcot http://freelancewritinggigs.com/grammar/?p=208 http://workflowWriting.com/20038/obliterating-%e2%80%9cand%e2%80%9d-%e2%80%9calso%e2%80%9d-and-%e2%80%9cadditionally%e2%80%9d.php/feed 0 http://workflowWriting.com/19875/why-yoda-was-right.php http://workflowWriting.com/19875/why-yoda-was-right.php#comments Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:14:42 +0000 Dawn Allcot http://freelancewritinggigs.com/grammar/?p=206 Part 2 of “Words Our Writing Can Do Without” My business development coach (who is neither green nor hundreds of years old, but is at least as wise as the Star Wars character) likes to say, “There is no try.”…]]> http://workflowWriting.com/19875/why-yoda-was-right.php/feed 0 http://workflowWriting.com/19530/when-%e2%80%9cmight%e2%80%9d-is-right.php http://workflowWriting.com/19530/when-%e2%80%9cmight%e2%80%9d-is-right.php#comments Sat, 06 Mar 2010 14:35:12 +0000 Dawn Allcot http://freelancewritinggigs.com/grammar/?p=201 http://workflowWriting.com/19530/when-%e2%80%9cmight%e2%80%9d-is-right.php/feed 0 http://workflowWriting.com/19457/words-our-writing-can-do-without-part-1.php http://workflowWriting.com/19457/words-our-writing-can-do-without-part-1.php#comments Fri, 05 Mar 2010 20:23:00 +0000 Dawn Allcot http://freelancewritinggigs.com/grammar/?p=195 http://workflowWriting.com/19457/words-our-writing-can-do-without-part-1.php/feed 0 http://workflowWriting.com/19029/much-ado-over-%e2%80%9cto-do%e2%80%9d.php http://workflowWriting.com/19029/much-ado-over-%e2%80%9cto-do%e2%80%9d.php#comments Tue, 02 Mar 2010 23:03:52 +0000 Dawn Allcot http://freelancewritinggigs.com/grammar/?p=192 to-do list with a hyphen. So I sipped my…]]> http://workflowWriting.com/19029/much-ado-over-%e2%80%9cto-do%e2%80%9d.php/feed 0 http://workflowWriting.com/18619/grammar-book-review-grammar-done-right.php http://workflowWriting.com/18619/grammar-book-review-grammar-done-right.php#comments Sat, 27 Feb 2010 14:16:21 +0000 Dawn Allcot http://freelancewritinggigs.com/grammar/?p=188 http://workflowWriting.com/18619/grammar-book-review-grammar-done-right.php/feed 0 http://workflowWriting.com/17014/i-love-you-literally.php http://workflowWriting.com/17014/i-love-you-literally.php#comments Sun, 21 Feb 2010 15:43:06 +0000 Dawn Allcot http://freelancewritinggigs.com/grammar/?p=184 http://workflowWriting.com/17014/i-love-you-literally.php/feed 0 http://workflowWriting.com/16105/a-grammatically-correct-presidents%e2%80%99-day-ad-that-was-easy.php http://workflowWriting.com/16105/a-grammatically-correct-presidents%e2%80%99-day-ad-that-was-easy.php#comments Mon, 15 Feb 2010 18:54:51 +0000 Dawn Allcot http://freelancewritinggigs.com/grammar/?p=176 http://workflowWriting.com/16105/a-grammatically-correct-presidents%e2%80%99-day-ad-that-was-easy.php/feed 0 http://workflowWriting.com/15760/3-simple-rules-for-writing-effective-metaphors.php http://workflowWriting.com/15760/3-simple-rules-for-writing-effective-metaphors.php#comments Fri, 12 Feb 2010 15:14:37 +0000 Dawn Allcot http://freelancewritinggigs.com/grammar/?p=172 http://workflowWriting.com/15760/3-simple-rules-for-writing-effective-metaphors.php/feed 0 http://workflowWriting.com/15382/what-fun-are-discreet-illusions.php http://workflowWriting.com/15382/what-fun-are-discreet-illusions.php#comments Wed, 10 Feb 2010 05:56:54 +0000 Dawn Allcot http://freelancewritinggigs.com/grammar/?p=169 http://workflowWriting.com/15382/what-fun-are-discreet-illusions.php/feed 0 http://workflowWriting.com/14935/are-companies-singular-or-plural.php http://workflowWriting.com/14935/are-companies-singular-or-plural.php#comments Sat, 06 Feb 2010 21:57:47 +0000 Dawn Allcot http://freelancewritinggigs.com/grammar/?p=166 http://workflowWriting.com/14935/are-companies-singular-or-plural.php/feed 0 http://workflowWriting.com/14813/martial-arts-chinese-food%e2%80%a6and-computer-repair.php http://workflowWriting.com/14813/martial-arts-chinese-food%e2%80%a6and-computer-repair.php#comments Sat, 06 Feb 2010 04:58:59 +0000 Dawn Allcot http://freelancewritinggigs.com/grammar/?p=161 http://workflowWriting.com/14813/martial-arts-chinese-food%e2%80%a6and-computer-repair.php/feed 0 http://workflowWriting.com/13942/things-that-make-us-sic-a-grammar-book-review.php http://workflowWriting.com/13942/things-that-make-us-sic-a-grammar-book-review.php#comments Sat, 30 Jan 2010 19:35:02 +0000 Dawn Allcot http://freelancewritinggigs.com/grammar/?p=150 http://workflowWriting.com/13942/things-that-make-us-sic-a-grammar-book-review.php/feed 0 http://workflowWriting.com/13396/her-website-cited-the-site-as-%e2%80%9cthe-best-sight-in-the-city-%e2%80%9d.php http://workflowWriting.com/13396/her-website-cited-the-site-as-%e2%80%9cthe-best-sight-in-the-city-%e2%80%9d.php#comments Tue, 26 Jan 2010 16:17:07 +0000 Dawn Allcot http://freelancewritinggigs.com/grammar/?p=146 http://workflowWriting.com/13396/her-website-cited-the-site-as-%e2%80%9cthe-best-sight-in-the-city-%e2%80%9d.php/feed 0 http://workflowWriting.com/12438/showing-and-telling-for-article-writers.php http://workflowWriting.com/12438/showing-and-telling-for-article-writers.php#comments Wed, 20 Jan 2010 00:16:02 +0000 Dawn Allcot http://freelancewritinggigs.com/grammar/?p=143 Warning: I’m getting into realms that can send fiction writers to insane asylums – showing v. telling. Do you need to show rather than tell in non-fiction, as well? The answer, as with so many things in writing, is a…]]> http://workflowWriting.com/12438/showing-and-telling-for-article-writers.php/feed 0 http://workflowWriting.com/11992/all-about-adjectives.php http://workflowWriting.com/11992/all-about-adjectives.php#comments Sat, 16 Jan 2010 17:47:29 +0000 Dawn Allcot http://freelancewritinggigs.com/grammar/?p=140 http://workflowWriting.com/11992/all-about-adjectives.php/feed 0 http://workflowWriting.com/11355/nagg-has-spoken-%e2%80%9cit%e2%80%99s-twenty-ten%e2%80%9d.php http://workflowWriting.com/11355/nagg-has-spoken-%e2%80%9cit%e2%80%99s-twenty-ten%e2%80%9d.php#comments Tue, 12 Jan 2010 22:40:15 +0000 Dawn Allcot http://freelancewritinggigs.com/grammar/?p=137 http://workflowWriting.com/11355/nagg-has-spoken-%e2%80%9cit%e2%80%99s-twenty-ten%e2%80%9d.php/feed 0 http://workflowWriting.com/10105/my-baby-is-not-an-it.php http://workflowWriting.com/10105/my-baby-is-not-an-it.php#comments Mon, 04 Jan 2010 05:27:55 +0000 Dawn Allcot http://freelancewritinggigs.com/grammar/?p=133 http://workflowWriting.com/10105/my-baby-is-not-an-it.php/feed 0 http://workflowWriting.com/9819/funniest-grammar-links-of-2009.php http://workflowWriting.com/9819/funniest-grammar-links-of-2009.php#comments Fri, 01 Jan 2010 20:16:22 +0000 Dawn Allcot http://freelancewritinggigs.com/grammar/?p=131 http://workflowWriting.com/9819/funniest-grammar-links-of-2009.php/feed 0 http://workflowWriting.com/8991/if-we-collaborate-maybe-we-can-corroborate-the-existence-of-santa-claus.php http://workflowWriting.com/8991/if-we-collaborate-maybe-we-can-corroborate-the-existence-of-santa-claus.php#comments Thu, 24 Dec 2009 15:45:47 +0000 Dawn Allcot http://freelancewritinggigs.com/grammar/?p=128 http://workflowWriting.com/8991/if-we-collaborate-maybe-we-can-corroborate-the-existence-of-santa-claus.php/feed 0 http://workflowWriting.com/8561/we%e2%80%99ve-got-letters-quotation-marks-revisited.php http://workflowWriting.com/8561/we%e2%80%99ve-got-letters-quotation-marks-revisited.php#comments Mon, 21 Dec 2009 18:59:29 +0000 Dawn Allcot http://freelancewritinggigs.com/grammar/?p=125 Dear …]]> http://workflowWriting.com/8561/we%e2%80%99ve-got-letters-quotation-marks-revisited.php/feed 0 http://workflowWriting.com/8144/in-defense-of-adverbs.php http://workflowWriting.com/8144/in-defense-of-adverbs.php#comments Fri, 18 Dec 2009 19:52:57 +0000 Dawn Allcot http://freelancewritinggigs.com/grammar/?p=118 http://workflowWriting.com/8144/in-defense-of-adverbs.php/feed 0 http://workflowWriting.com/7748/let%e2%80%99s-get-to-the-action-verbs.php http://workflowWriting.com/7748/let%e2%80%99s-get-to-the-action-verbs.php#comments Tue, 15 Dec 2009 16:31:58 +0000 Dawn Allcot http://freelancewritinggigs.com/grammar/?p=115 http://workflowWriting.com/7748/let%e2%80%99s-get-to-the-action-verbs.php/feed 0 http://workflowWriting.com/7450/using-the-c-words-properly.php http://workflowWriting.com/7450/using-the-c-words-properly.php#comments Sat, 12 Dec 2009 14:48:04 +0000 Dawn Allcot http://freelancewritinggigs.com/grammar/?p=108 http://workflowWriting.com/7450/using-the-c-words-properly.php/feed 0