Blogging Tips

Faulty Subordination, Rambling Sentences, and Faulty Parallelism

If you missed the post on faulty coordination, Sentence Structure and Coordination, be sure to check it out.  We discussed that you don’t always need to begin a sentence with the subject, and the problems we can run into with improper coordination.  This post is a continuation of that topic covering faulty subordination, rambling sentences and faulty parallelism.

There are two types of …

Written by Patti Stafford from Patti Stafford
Posted on July 2nd, 2009 and filed under Writing
Do not forget to subscribe to our RSS feed for updates

2

How Dare You?

Guess what?  Writers are not perfect.  You see proof of this fact every day if you read enough blogs, books, newspapers or magazines.  The best writers in the world make mistakes, misspell words, use poor grammar at times and punctuate incorrectly.  Why?  Because writers are human and humans make mistakes.  Sometimes humans make mistakes several times before they learn the lesson. Sometimes they never learn.

All writers’ have their pet peeves too, things …

Written by Patti Stafford from Patti Stafford
Posted on June 30th, 2009 and filed under Writing
Do not forget to subscribe to our RSS feed for updates

7

Suffering Society

The children of the world aren’t the only ones suffering when it comes to grammar errors. Many people believe that the kids nowadays are just lazy and don’t really care. Some people say that it’s the parents’ fault for not making sure their children are getting top marks in their studies. There seems to be a whole generation of children who are terrible spellers and don’t understand the function of grammar.

Could cell …

Written by Patricia Vennes from
Posted on June 29th, 2009 and filed under Blogging, Writing
Do not forget to subscribe to our RSS feed for updates

4

Confusing Words and Homonyms: Part 6 “V, W, and Y”

Sometimes words give us problems because we don’t know that there are words similar to the one we want to use, but mean different things. Sometimes words give us problems because we don’t know any better or we’re just too lazy to make sure that we are correct. Whatever the case, this final installment will help clarify a few common errors that people have with words that are similar and homonyms. Click …

Written by Patricia Vennes from
Posted on June 22nd, 2009 and filed under Blogging, Writing
Do not forget to subscribe to our RSS feed for updates

3

Bloggers need to be realistic about Blogging Rates

Setting your blogging rate is something that many freelance writers and bloggers have difficulty setting, particularly when they first start writing on the web.

We have touched upon the subject many times here at Blogging Tips. More recently, Yuwanda Black wrote about the subject in her posts ‘Freelance Writing Rates: How to …

Written by Kevin Muldoon from Blog Themes Club
Posted on June 18th, 2009 and filed under Writing
Do not forget to subscribe to our RSS feed for updates

8

Why Do You Write? A Challenge!

Hello everyone!  Today I’m am going a little off the mark and share something I feel is important for writers to do from time to time.  Let’s begin with a few simple (or not-so simple) questions.

Why do you write?  Why do you put words on paper?  Why do you read/research material and manipulate the words to make them your own?  Why do you make up stories and tell the world about people …

Written by Patti Stafford from Patti Stafford
Posted on June 17th, 2009 and filed under Writing
Do not forget to subscribe to our RSS feed for updates

5

How Well Do You Speak?

As a writer you pay attention to how your grammar comes across in the written word, but do you pay as much attention in your speaking and chatting?   Bad grammar is a habit just like anything else.  But good grammar is also a habit and I find that bad grammar is one of the most frequently seen/heard habits in the speaking world.

For a long time I wasn’t concerned with how I spoke.  …

Written by Patti Stafford from Patti Stafford
Posted on June 15th, 2009 and filed under Writing
Do not forget to subscribe to our RSS feed for updates

3