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Grammar, Writing Asking for Permission: Should You Use “Can” or “May”? One question that has popped up a few times on our Ask An Editor feature is whether to use “can”…
Communication, Email Writing, Writing Formal vs. Informal Writing: What’s the Difference? You may have noticed some new features at TextRanch lately. In place of our old menu of options, you can…
Business, Communication, Email Writing, Writing When Symbols Replace Words (Part Two) In our previous post, we looked at some symbols that are often used in place of written words. We highlighted…
Business, Communication, Email Writing, Writing When Symbols Replace Words (Part One) If you’ve spent any time at all on social media, you have seen posts where symbols are used in place…
Communication, Editing, Grammar, Writing When Is it Okay to Use Contractions? A contraction is a shortened version of two or more words that have been joined together to form one word….
