“If Readers have prejudices, that's the writing world we live in. We must decide how to navigate it. We can't please all the Readers all the time and we shouldn't try. but we don't get to create our Readers in… — June Casagrande Copy Share Image
“If you want to master the art of the sentence, you must first accept a somewhat unpleasant truth--something a lot of writers would rather deny: The Reader is king. You are his servant. You serve the Reader information. You serve… — June Casagrande Copy Share Image
“If Readers have prejudices, that's the writing world we live in. We must decide how to navigate it. We can't please all the Readers… — June Casagrande Copy Share Image
“Grammar snobs are a distinct breed from their gentle cousins: word nerds and grammar geeks. The difference is bloodlust.” — June Casagrande Copy Share Image
“Rumor had it that Professor Jerkwad had a history of holding classes in bars and using the school's senior class as harvesting grounds for… — June Casagrande Copy Share Image
“This chapter is dedicated to those other delights of punctuation--exquisite little squiggles, those most delightful dots and dashes, and other tragically under-appreciated tiny tidbits!… — June Casagrande Copy Share Image
“If you want to master the art of the sentence, you must first accept a somewhat unpleasant truth--something a lot of writers would rather… — June Casagrande Copy Share Image
“I hope that, by this point, you're feeling a little less intimidated by the meanies, because I've got some bad news: Meanies come in… — June Casagrande Copy Share Image
“You must now--before God, Jon Stewart, and whoever's sleeping next to you (even if these entities are one and the same)--make a solemn oath.” — June Casagrande Copy Share Image
“As you can see, the hyphen is a nasty, tricky, evil little mark that gets its kicks igniting arguments in newsrooms and trying to… — June Casagrande Copy Share Image
“Amateur grammar snobs are a lot like amateur gynecologists--they're everywhere, they're all to eager to offer their services, and they're anything but gentle.” — June Casagrande Copy Share Image
