by Margot Carmichael Lester | Mar 2, 2022 | Writing/How to Write
March 4 is, apparently, National Grammar Appreciation Day. Grammar needs a day, I suppose. We take it for granted until somebody points out a grammatical error. And even then, do we actually appreciate it? Not really. That's in part because we don't really know what...
by Margot Carmichael Lester | Mar 4, 2020 | Blogs & Blogging, Content & Content Operations, Writing/How to Write
Does the thought of grammar make you feel like this? via GIPHY A holiday that strikes fear in the hearts of many. Thanks to school, most of us have strong feelings about grammar. Fear. Loathing. Frustration. That's largely because we don't really do a great job of...
by Margot Carmichael Lester | Sep 24, 2009 | Process, Training & Workshops
Happy National Punctuation Day! Between our own writing and teaching others about writing, these little marks and techniques take up a lot of our time. We often cover very technical topics from cell apoptosis to financial derivatives. Sometimes we need to use long...