So what is speed bump punctuation? The term occurred to me when Judith a writing coach commented, “The semicolon in a sentence slows the reader more than a comma.” The comment resonated with me, producing images of speed bumps in sentences. Speed bumps determine how fast vehicles drive where reduced speed is desired. Then cars …
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The browsing eyes of readers first find the book’s cover. A well-designed cover image and an engaging, easy-to-read, eye-catching title and subtitle invite the reader to pull the text from the shelf in Barnes and Noble, at your local independent bookstore, or click on the cover image in Amazon. The author is one step closer …
Free Thesaurus offers many valuable features found in Word Hippo and listed in the blog Thesauruses Aren’t Created Equal—Overview. In addition, it has features that suggest a writer should also have this resource in the desktop bookmark tab. Free Thesaurus contains more than 145,800 unique entries from three top sources: Collins Thesaurus of the English …
Best Thesaurus—Word Hippo Word Hippo offers a host of valuable characteristics (See blog post Thesaurus Aren’t Created Equal—Overview) a writer needs to find the best opposite word (Antonym) or replacement word (Synonym). This thesaurus supports all genres; it’s a single source for thousands of words listed in contextual categories. Many words fall into a single …
In Mark Twain’s twenty quotes on writing, number nineteen states, “The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and a lightning bug.” Every writer searching for that unique word has opened a thesaurus to pick a synonym. This right word says it better than the one first …
