Search Now: Articles Hooks, Lines & Sinkers Hands up if the title to this article made you think that you'd strayed into a fishing feature? Perhaps you didn't quite go that far, but hopefully you were puzzled or curious enough to wonder what o... Author: Sue Kendrick A Newsletter Publisher's Main Task: Packaging Value Content The main task of a newsletter publisher is to select and package quality content of direct, practical relevance to its specific readership audience. This might sound quick and easy, but it is not. P... Author: Alwyn Botha Editing Secrets Once you've plotted out your book, developed the characters and written the last word of text, the real work begins. As busy editors are bombarded with hundreds or even thousands of submissions a yea... Author: Laura Backes Pairs/Groups Of Words Often Confused - Part 1 of 6 By Laraine Anne Barker ACCEPT, EXCEPT Not commonly seen even from unpublished writers, who are probably familiar with the difference because they're all waiting for an acceptance! "We accept your in... Author: Laraine Anne Barker Pairs/Groups Of Words Often Confused - Part 6 of 6 SALE, SAIL Sale is either offering something for purchase ("for sale") or offering it at a special price ("on sale"); sail is part of a ship or boat. SELL, CELL Sell is to exchange for money; cell i... Author: Laraine Anne Barker Pairs/Groups Of Words Often Confused - Part 5 of 6 PASSED, PAST Passed is the past tense of pass. Past means a time that has gone. "Time passed and we all forgot the incident." "In times past it was the custom for women to wear hats in church." P... Author: Laraine Anne Barker Pairs/Groups Of Words Often Confused - Part 4 of 6 LATER, LATTER Later means afterwards; latter is the second of two things. "Later that day we went for a walk." "We have two choices. The latter is the more reliable, but the former would be cheaper."... Author: Laraine Anne Barker Pairs/Groups Of Words Often Confused - Part 3 of 6 ELICIT, ILLICIT Elicit means to extract or draw out; illicit means not legal. EVERYONE, EVERY ONE Everyone means every person in a group; every one means each person and is always followed by "of". "... Author: Laraine Anne Barker Pairs/Groups Of Words Often Confused - Part 2 of 6 BAITED, BATED Baited usually refers to traps or snares. When the reference is to someone who is hardly daring to breathe, the correct word is always bated: "She watched with bated breath." I've yet t... Author: Laraine Anne Barker Be Concise Concision. (Sounds like I made up another word.) It's the idea of being concise in our ongoing communication with others, both written and oral. Many take forever to say so little. These are the same... Author: Dr. Donald E. Wetmore < Previous Next >   Copyright 2003 - WritersResources.com - All Rights Reserved