Is it Backward or Backwards?
2024 Grammar-for-Grownups Top 10 Number 5: Is She Moving Backward or Backwards? Keep the wacky words coming! Thanks to all of you who have been commenting and adding […]
Entries by Mandi Stanley
Use or Utilize?
2024 Grammar-for-Grownups Top 10 Number 6: Use vs. Utilize A blog reader recently tagged me with this question, and it is one we cover during our Grammar-for-Grownups seminars: […]
What Are The Rules For Ellipses?
2024 Grammar-for-Grownups Top 10 Number 7: Dot Dot Dot … How many of you are my dot dot dot friends? Bad example: …..I will be leaving for […]
Affect or Effect?
2024 Grammar-for-Grownups Top 10 Number 8: Affect and Effect This question pops up in almost every #IAAP CAPstone Business Writing Specialty Certificate course, and this semester’s cohort […]
Rules for Capitalizing Email Subject Lines
2024 Grammar-for-Grownups Top 10 Number 9: Capitalization with Email Subject Lines This week’s question from the cohort who just completed the eight-week intensive IAAP CAPstone Business Writing Specialty Certificate […]
Is it “Irregardless” or “Regardless”?
2024 Grammar-for-Grownups Top 10 Number 10: Irregardless We just completed the eight-week intensive #IAAP CAPstone Business Writing Specialty Certificate course. Congratulations to the 48 participants who completed the course […]
Sticky Notes to the Rescue
Currently I’m facilitating an eight-week Business Writing Specialty Certificate Course for the CAPstone program through IAAP (International Association of Administrative Professionals). During Week Four’s session on weeding out wasted words, […]
The Most Unexpected Job Interview Question
Which cartoon character are you most alike and why? Last week I presented at NWPPA’s NIC 2023 Communications Uncorked conference in delightful Santa Rosa, California. It was my first […]
Three-Minute First Impression for Business Presenters
Thank you, Tri-County Suburban REALTORS, for inviting me to facilitate the last session of your LDP (Leadership Development Program). I hope everyone leveraged the presenter’s three-minute first impression during your […]
Capitalization Competency: More Capital Ideas
Capitalization rules are easy; it’s the exceptions that drive us crazy. Which is correct? These reports were provided by the city of Jackson. OR These reports were provided by […]
