Business Grammar

An appositive is a word or phrase that refers to the same thing as another noun in the same sentence. It is placed beside another noun or pronoun to ...

Louise Julig wrote a wonderful post about hyphens in her Thoughts Happen blog. Business writing requires correct hyphenation. It’s both clarifying ...

Social media, job titles, and different software or email requirements have all added to a growing confusion regarding capitalization rules. Let’s ...

  Reader Question about Name Suffixes: What would be the proper business email or business letter salutation for someone with a II, Jr., Sr., etc. ...

Lay and lie are two words often interchanged mistakenly in business grammar. Lay means “to place.” Lie, as a verb, means “to recline or tell an ...

According to the APA Style Blog, "since" and "because" have specific meanings and should not be interchanged: According to the 6th edition of the APA ...

As businesses become more international, so must our writing. Most of the time, good business writing skills transfer very well to global audiences, ...

A wise client business grammar question: “There was always one grammatical mix up for me, and I would like your advice on it. Do we write: I will ...

If you’ve confused affect and effect before, you’re not alone. This word pair is one of the most common errors in business writing. Through this ...

We recently received this comment from a course participant: “I have noticed a new trend of people using only the subject line to communicate a ...

An ellipsis (ellipses is the plural) is the … you see all over social media. It has its place for sure, but it’s also wildly overused and, quite ...

Quick answer: Use MEET for the first time you see someone or when you are seeing them because you have plans or an appointment. Use SEE for all other ...

March 4th is Grammar Day and we are celebrating with a new infographic with six advanced grammar mistakes. Each year Grammar Day presents the ...

Homophones are words that sound the same when spoken but have different meanings and spellings. Peak, peek, and pique are examples of homophones. ...

"The employee believed their safety could not be guaranteed." The sentence above has an apparently overt grammar error. The subject of the sentence, ...

  Compliment vs. Complement The confusion between these two words is so common! There are a few of reasons for this: The words are one letter off, so ...

As businesses become more international, so must our writing. Most of the time, good business writing skills transfer very well to global audiences, ...

As businesses become more international, so must our business writing. Fortunately, good business writing skills transfer very well to global ...

A client in a business writing course asked: Are the abbreviations i.e. and e.g. were interchangeable? They are not. Each has a specific meaning and ...

As businesses become more international, so must our writing. Fortunately, good business writing skills transfer very well to global audiences. Here ...

This paragraph contains an error. Find and correct it: On July 28, managers presented second-quarter sales reports. Greg Cavalos and Daniel Stein ...

Me, Myself, and I is one of the most common business grammar errors we see in business writing training sessions. What is the Difference between Me, ...

  Error Hunt: What is wrong with this statement? Dylan Minor, a visiting professor in Harvard Business School, and Michael Housman, chief analytics ...

Various global regions abbreviate dates differently, which can be very confusing when writing to global business colleagues or customers.  For ...

This statement contains a business grammar error. Find and correct it: You want a criminal attorney who spends 100% of their time defending the ...

Even the best writers -- the ones who make six figures writing for the most prestigious magazines and websites -- slip up with their grammar; though, ...

This one paragraph contains a business grammar error. Find and correct it. Most important is insuring your clients are well informed. Information ...

This statement contains an error. Find and correct it: The next few weeks will be busy. Both the website update and the app launch have deadlines in ...

You might write that you want fewer mistakes and less inefficiency in your business writing or office. But, it would be incorrect to write that you ...

Here is a interesting client grammar question related to technical report writing. I've never been asked this before, nor seen it specifically ...

This statement contains a business grammar error. Find and correct it. Darlene presented very compelling reasons for Kanter Consulting to hire our ...

This statement contains a business grammar error. Find and correct it. Business writing training will reduce the time your employees spend writing ...

This one paragraph contains a business grammar error. Find and correct it. Social media is here to stay. No longer is the support for this coming ...

This one paragraph contains a business writing error. Find and correct it. Instructional Solutions is offering a free gift to all clients this month. ...

A client questioned the proper use of contractions in business writing: Are there any guidelines for using contractions in business writing? Smart ...

This one paragraph contains a business grammar error. Find and correct it. Stashed away in the company storage room for the past twenty years, the ...

This one paragraph contains errors in business verbs. Find and correct them. The authors will be holding a discussion about registration, to better ...

This one paragraph contains a business grammar error. Find and correct it: I'm sorry for my slow reply. I've been on vacation, and just received your ...

This statement contains a business grammar error. Find and correct it: Hi David, It is 9pm, I am still at work. My supplies still have not arrived ...

This one paragraph contains a business grammar error. Find and correct it. David Ambers, Technology Director, is upset reports are not communicating ...

This statement contains a business grammar error. Find and correct it: I’m sorry to hear you are not feeling well. Let’s reschedule our meeting. I’m ...

This statement contains a business grammar error. Find and correct it: An independent research company polled hundreds of our customers, and the ...

One of the trickier grammar rules is the difference between the words that and which. Both serve a similar purpose of clarifying information in a ...

Is grammar or content more important in business writing? And, perhaps a related question is: why do so many people dislike grammar, to the point ...

In nearly every business writing course I lead, the subject of whether or not to use a serial comma (also called an oxford comma) comes up. There is ...