Post Archive List | Schaefer Wordsmithing

The Difference Between That and Which
When to Use Whomever and Whoever
Definite and Indefinite Articles: How to Use “The” and “A”
Write in English, not in “Science Speak”
On Using AI to Write
The Fault Is in Our Grammars: Language, Gender, and Pronouns
The Passive Voice Is Nothing to Fear
Show, Don’t Tell
Minding Your aPostrophes and Quotation Marks
On Capitalizing “Black” and “White” When Talking about Race
One Weird Trick for Better Writing
On Being Original
Acknowledging the Land
The Hardest Part of Writing: Starting
The Sequence of Tenses in Reported Speech
Write That Novel! But About What?
On the Use of Euphemisms
Hyphens, En Dashes, and Em Dashes: What’s the Difference Between -, –, and —?
Three Common Mistakes Aspiring Writers Make
How Are We Supposed to Use Semicolons?
Ending a Sentence with a Preposition
To Boldly Split Infinitives
Don’t Dangle that Participle
Do I Need to Use the Oxford Comma?
Singular “They” Is Not the End of the World
Grammar versus Style
“I don’t need an editor—I write really well.”
The Importance of Good Writing