Grammar tips
Would you like your writing to be more persuasive? Are you trying to sell your brand? Or perhaps you are putting forward an argumentative essay paper for college? Perhaps it’s your resume that you need to be more convincing? There are any number of reasons why you may need your writing to be more appealing. […]
4 min read Grammar 10 Easy Tips to Help You Solve Your Writing Mistakes ForeverMistakes in your written work simply don’t look good. Whether you are writing a college paper, marketing material for your work or simply a private social media post, your written content will always reflect on you. But what does it say? Does it say ‘this is a person who is in control of their communication?’, […]
4 min read Grammar Grammar for Marketers: Why Grammar and Spelling Matters for Your Brand Message and ImageGrammar, spelling and punctuation is not something a lot of people have really thought about since high school. That’s because it’s not really very important, especially if you are in business, right? Right? Wrong. Because if your business is somehow connected to sales and marketing (not to mention that it includes any form of communication […]
4 min read Grammar The Big Question: Does Poor Grammar and Spelling Affect Your Business Reputation?You have a business that has an online presence, perhaps with a website. Furthermore, you communicate with prospective clients and customers through emails. In addition, you have written marketing literature in the form of online adverts or even physical leaflets. One question you should absolutely be asking yourself is ‘how good is the spelling and […]
3 min read Grammar The Influence of Grammar and Spelling on Keyword SEOSearch Engine Optimization (SEO) parameters are constantly evolving. Whereas it used to be all about specific words that related to the search, now it is all about user intent. That is, what is the user really looking for when they enter something into a search engine task bar? That’s important because it alters your approach, […]
3 min read Grammar Why Spelling and Grammar Mistakes Do Affect SEOHere’s the million-dollar question: do Google and other search engine giants assess spelling and grammar in terms of SEO? Some people will tell you that they don’t. That is partly true. However, spelling and grammar absolutely do affect SEO because they are interictally linked to readability and user experience. These are two incredibly important considerations […]
4 min read Grammar What Really Is the Difference Between British and American English?To start, let’s clear up a couple of misconceptions about English. First of all, although there are considered to be different dialects of English, in reality the English language only really differs in accent and vocabulary. And often, the vocabulary differences between dialects are usually colloquial in nature. What does that all mean? It means […]
4 min read Grammar Reported Speech in English: What It is and How to Use ItSometimes we may wish to report the words of others. In fact, this is quite a regular occurrence in any language. There are two ways to do this: reported (indirect) speech, and direct speech. Here’s how they work. Direct speech As the name would suggest, direct speech is when you directly report the words of […]
4 min read Grammar How to Make Comparisons in EnglishIn any language it is an essential ability to be able to make comparisons. As humans, we do it all the time, contrasting two things to ascertain which is better, more suitable, or more desirable. Fortunately, in English, making comparisons is something that, grammatically speaking, is not only easy to do, but rarely departs from […]
2 min read Grammar How to Use Continuous Tenses in EnglishFirst of all, it is important to acknowledge that the continuous form in English is often referred to as the ‘progressive’ form. Please note that that continuous and progressive forms are one and the same. The continuous (or progressive) forming English is formed with an auxiliary (be) plus the verb in the ‘ing’ form. Here […]
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