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Punctuation tip: ONE SPACE after a period

Punctuation tip: ONE SPACE after a period

by Margot Carmichael Lester | Oct 20, 2021 | Best Practice

If you're of a certain vintage, you were taught to put two spaces after a period or other mark of terminal punctuation. That was because back in the olden days of typewriters and lead type, each key or letter took up the same amount of space. The "i" took up the same...
Write better content: commas, voice & quality

Write better content: commas, voice & quality

by Margot Carmichael Lester | Oct 12, 2021 | Best of Our Blog

There was definitely a throughline in the Q3 blog leader board: quality writing. The posts getting the most clicks and the most comments on social all relate to writing. Let's take a look: Level Up: How to be a better writer My checklist outlining some tips for...

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