We think of English as a fortress to be defended, but a better analogy is to think of English as a child. We love and nurture it into being, and once it…
Usage and spelling tips for the Fourth of July weekend
Because we’d hate for you to embarrass yourself around friends and family this long Fourth…
Are fragments acceptable in professional writing? Surely not.
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Hyphens, em dashes, and en dashes—what’s the difference?
There’s no shame in acknowledging that you don’t understand the diverse and distinct uses of…
Our most-loved blogs: 2016 edition
This past year was a big one for this small company. We got 33 percent…
Figures of speech: Four schemes to spruce up your writing
In writing, it’s so important to add variety: of sentence length, sentence type, schemes, tropes.…
Why I work at Leff Communications
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Leff Communications, emphasis on communications
As a client, it can be hard to express precisely what you want—largely because doing…