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Are you trying to improve your writing skills? If so Daily Writing Tips is the right place for you. Featuring daily tips about grammar, spelling, punctuation, copywriting and more!

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Word of the Day: Caveat

Posted on December 11, 2009
A caveat is a warning or admonition. It can also mean a detail or condition to be taken into consideration while doing something. Your eBook: Click here to download the Basic English Grammar ebook.

Word of the Day: Sift

Posted on December 10, 2009
Sift means to separate the fine part of a substance with a sieve. It can also be used figuratively, where it means to examine something closely. Your eBook: Click here to download the Basic English Grammar ebook.

Jill Came Tumbling After

Posted on December 10, 2009
"fall, slip, topple, tumble, keel over", and" take a spill" all describe the act of falling. Some of these words, however, denote a more serious kind of fall than others. Your eBook: Click here to download the Basic English Grammar ebook.

Letter Writing 101

Posted on December 09, 2009
People have been writing letters for centuries. Before the telephone and the Internet, sending a letter (by messenger, and later by post) was the only way to communicate with someone who was geographically distant. Your eBook: Click here to download the Basic English Grammar ebook...

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Hey You!

Posted on December 09, 2009
The word "Hey" seems to be replacing "Hi" as an informal greeting. Your eBook: Click here to download the Basic English Grammar ebook.

Word of the Day: Sublimate

Posted on December 08, 2009
Sublimate, in chemistry, means to purify or refine a substance. In psychology, on the other hand, it means to direct a sexual impulse to a more accepted social activity. Your eBook: Click here to download the Basic English Grammar ebook.

Difference Between ?inure? and ?enure?

Posted on December 08, 2009
Is there a difference of meaning between the words "inure" and "enure"? Your eBook: Click here to download the Basic English Grammar ebook.

Thou lily-liver?d boy!

Posted on December 07, 2009
In the ancient theory of ?humors,? the liver governed anger and courage. The healthy liver of a courageous person was red. A "lily" or white liver denoted cowardice. Your eBook: Click here to download the Basic English Grammar ebook.

Word of the Day: Indulge

Posted on December 07, 2009
Indulge means to yield to a desire, to be permissive. The adjective is indulgent. The expression self-indulgent is often used to describe a person who is indulgent with her own desires. Your eBook: Click here to download the Basic English Grammar ebook...

Best Foot Forward

Posted on December 06, 2009
Only a creature with three or more feet - a centipede for example - can actually put its "best foot forward". Your eBook: Click here to download the Basic English Grammar ebook.

Therefore and Therefor

Posted on December 06, 2009
Both forms exist, but lawyers have more use for "therefor" than the rest of the writing population. Your eBook: Click here to download the Basic English Grammar ebook.

Reign or Regime?

Posted on December 03, 2009
When used to describe the administration of a U.S. president, the word "reign" is a studied insult. Your eBook: Click here to download the Basic English Grammar ebook.

Word of the Day: Standstill

Posted on December 03, 2009
Standstill is a state of rest or the cessation of a certain activity. The word originated from the stand still phrase. Your eBook: Click here to download the Basic English Grammar ebook.

Verbification at Work

Posted on December 02, 2009
A reader is having trouble with the word "healthified." Your eBook: Click here to download the Basic English Grammar ebook.

Word of the Day: Vex

Posted on December 02, 2009
Vex means to annoy, disturb or torment. Usually the distress is a mental one, but vex can also mean to cause physical pain. Your eBook: Click here to download the Basic English Grammar ebook.

20 Tips For Winning Writing Contests

Posted on December 02, 2009
Submitting stories to writing contests can be quite lucrative if you know the tricks of the trade. At the same time it is easy to make an avoidable mistakes and miss out. Your eBook: Click here to download the Basic English Grammar ebook.

Writing with Rhythm

Posted on September 30, 2009
When I was substantially younger than I am now, I wrote masses of anguished adolescent poetry. My favorite verse form was the sonnet, a style and format that is maybe little surprising for a teenager to be writing (for those who slept through this part of their English course, a sonnet is a formal 14-line poem with a complex rhyme scheme in iambic pentameter)...

Word of the Day: Gamut

Posted on September 30, 2009
A gamut is anything graduated (i.e. marked at regular intervals) used to measure. A ruler, for example, could be called a gamut. Your eBook: Click here to download the Basic English Grammar ebook.

Forget about the ?Dark Ages?

Posted on September 30, 2009
Movie makers and many writers are fond of using the terms ?Dark Ages? and ?medieval? to denote ignorance, intolerance and unspeakable violence. Your eBook: Click here to download the Basic English Grammar ebook.

Word of the Day: Nihilism

Posted on September 29, 2009
Nihilism is a doctrine. It defends that nothing can be really known or communicated. In other words, it is an extreme skepticism regarding knowledge and reality itself, and it can be equated with nothingness. Nihilism can also mean the rejection of all established religious values and morals...

Books About Writing

Posted on September 29, 2009
I figured that it would be useful to have a page on the blog dedicated to books about writing. This initial list was created taking into consideration the books that our writers reviewed or recommended in the past. We plan to update it regularly as well...

Avert eyes, Divert attention

Posted on September 29, 2009
Although similar in meaning, "avert" and "divert" are used differently. Your eBook: Click here to download the Basic English Grammar ebook.

Foo Fighters and UFOs

Posted on September 28, 2009
Before there were UFOs, there were Foo Fighters. Your eBook: Click here to download the Basic English Grammar ebook.

Word of the Day: Arson

Posted on September 28, 2009
Arson (�r's?n) is the crime of voluntarily burning the house or property of another person. Burning your own house with a malicious purpose is also considered arson. Finally, the person who commits this crime is called arsonist. Your eBook: Click here to download the Basic English Grammar ebook...

Are You Sure You Mean ?Majority??

Posted on September 27, 2009
A reader wonders why so many speakers and writers use the word "majority" where "most" will do. Your eBook: Click here to download the Basic English Grammar ebook.

Word of the Day: Ward

Posted on September 25, 2009
Ward (w�rd) has several meanings. It can be a specific area of a city, prison, castle, hospital and the like. To ward means to guard or protect, and the person who guards can also be called ward. Finally, the expression to ward off is commonly used to express the act of repelling something...

A Shout to Our Sponsors

Posted on September 24, 2009
I am writing this post just to thank the Daily Writing Tips sponsors. Apart from helping to keep the blog going they also provide quality services for writers, so check them out. Your eBook: Click here to download the Basic English Grammar ebook.

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