Beyond the Rhetoric

It’s one thing to ensure your writing has perfect grammar and spelling. It’s another skill altogether to ensure that your writing is compelling, captivating, and informative. That’s a much tougher task, because you need to capture your readers’ attention and retain that attention throughout what you want to say. In the past, I’ve discussed such [...]

In an edition of Grammar 101 earlier this month, friend of this blog Ray Ebersole requested that I write a post on the difference between sing, sang, and sung. They all have fundamentally the same meaning, but they aren’t exactly interchangeable. You need to know which word you want to use under what circumstances. Word [...]

For the longest time, I even had trouble determining whether it was correct to say “ever so often” or “every so often.” They both sound right when you say them and, as it turns out, they are both correct. However, they have nearly opposite meanings altogether. Weird, right? After a little bit of research, I [...]

While I am sure that people like Tom Clancy and Stephen King have the luxury of time when it comes to producing their novels, the rest of us generally are not so lucky. In order for a freelance writer to make a decent income, he or she must be reasonably proficient at writing good articles [...]

@michaelkwan You’re welcome! Bad grammar is a pet peeve. Have you done one on “breathe” vs. “breath” yet? I’m always open to suggestions for new article ideas on Beyond the Rhetoric, so I’m more than happy to address this concern posed by reex on Twitter. After all, we could all work to improve our grammar, [...]