October 2, 2015
Simple Writing Tips
Harvard Business Review’s Management Tip of the Day covers 7 common writing mistakes. This may be the most helpful thing you read today:
- Affect/Effect: Affect is a verb; effect is a noun. It affected him. The effect was startling.
- All Right/Alright: Although alright is gaining ground, the correct choice is still all right.
- A Lot: A lot is two words, not one. Allot means “to parcel out.”
- Between You and I: Nope. Between you and me is the correct phrase.
- Complement/Compliment: Things that work well together complement each other. Compliments are a form of praise.
- Farther/Further: Farther is for physical distance; further is for metaphorical distance. How much farther? Our plan can’t go any further.
- Lay/Lie: Subjects lie down; objects are laid down. He should lie down. Lay the reports there.
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