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Day 1: Use the rhetorical subject as the grammatical subject.
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Day 2: Place a comma before a conjunction that joins two independent clauses.
Day 4: Avoid over-generalizing.
Day 5: Finish sentences with the most important information.
Day 6: Place ending punctuation inside the quotation marks.
Day 7: Use you only when you are writing to or about the reader.
Day 9: Use the rhetorical action as the main verb.
Day 10: Subjects and verbs must agree in person.
Day 13: Avoid nominalization: Keep verbs as verbs, not as nouns.
Day 14: Antecedents and pronouns must agree in number.
Day 15: Express yourself confidently.
Day 16: Shift the source of questionable information to maintain credibility.
Day 17: Use the Subject-Verb-Object sentence structure.
Day 18: Use a comma after every item in a series (except the last item).
Day 19: Remove and move text as needed.
Day 20: Avoid artificial superlatives.
Day 21: Subjects and verbs must agree in number.
Day 23: Use his and her to avoid subject-pronoun number errors.
Day 24: Place the main verb close to the subject.
Day 25: Create sentence transitions.
Day 26: Avoid foreign words and phrases.
Day 27: Use a comma after introductory adverbial phrases.
Day 29: Avoid starting sentences with it.
Day 30: Place the object as closely as possible to the main verb.
Day 31: Use commas in series to indicate groups.
Day 32: State ideas in one sentence and clarify in the next.
Day 33: Use the simplest correct words.
Day 34: Don’t use apostrophes to make plurals.
Day 35: Know your primary audience.
Day 36: Avoid splitting infinitives.
Day 37: Only use one exclamation mark, if any.
Day 38: Keep S-V-O combinations separate.
Day 39: Use the present tense to describe general ideas.
Day 40: Use because not as to show cause.
Day 41: Quote books in the present tense and writers in the past tense.
Day 42: Identify your central idea.
Day 43: Keep descriptive phrases close to the thing being described.
Day 44: Limit the number of S-V-O combinations in a sentence.
Day 45: Use one apostrophe-S for each thing or group of things to show ownership.
Day 46: Use a single adjective or adverb to replace a descriptive phrase.
Day 47: Use connective words to connect similar ideas.
Day 48: Make subjects plural to remove gender bias.
Day 49: Organize ideas into large topics.
Day 50: Replace weak verbs with action verbs.
Day 51: Replace ponderous verb phrases with action verbs.
Day 52: Use thesis statements to introduce topics.
Day 53: Find the object of the verb or preposition.
Day 55: Break up strings of prepositional phrases.
Day 56: Use object pronouns as objects, not subject pronouns.
Day 57: Organize topics into logical idea chains.
Day 58: Change –tion of endings to –ing for more active sentences.
Day 59: Change –tion of endings to by –ing and name the actors for clarity.
Day 60: A paragraph should only discuss one idea.
Day 61: Use an apostrophe to replace missing letters in a contraction.
Day 63: Reduce adverbs by using the right action verb.
Day 64: Remove unnecessary that is/are and who is/are phrases.
Day 65: Use a hyphen for compound, self-modifying, descriptive word pairs before a noun.
Day 66: Identify your audience.
Day 67: Keep adjectives as adjectives, not as nouns.
Day 68: All is plural or singular depending on the object of all.
Day 69: Start paragraphs by establishing context.
Day 70: Punctuate bulleted series as if they were written out in a sentence.
Day 71: Thus and therefore statements should follow logically from the previous statements.
Day 72: Use a hyphen to clarify a prefix.
Day 73: Understand your reader's interests, goals, and behavior.
Day 74: Cite your sources to build credibility.
Day 75: Use compound sentences with but to emphasize the importance of your ideas.
Day 76: The body of a paragraph connects to the main idea and supports the conclusion.
Day 77: Use a hyphen to attach prefixes to proper nouns.
Day 78: Put complex items at the end of a series.
Day 79: Put clarifying information at the end of the sentence.
Day 80: Write in the appropriate style and tone.
Day 81: Use concluding words to state your main point.
Day 82: Use parallel grammatical constructions when describing simultaneous actions.
Day 83: End paragraphs with an impact or action statement.
Day 84: Use a comma to set off appositives.
Day 85: Remove cliché redundancies.
Day 86: Place clarifying adverbial phrases before or after the subject – verb combination.
Day 87: Punctuate bulleted lists as if they were written out in a sentence, using capital letters.
Day 88: A one-sentence paragraph should present a complete idea.
Day 89: Place explanatory phrases in strings in an order that reduces commas.
Day 90: Create transitions to the next paragraph.
Day 91: Series in sentences do not require colons.
Day 92: Reduce ambiguous “counting” phrases to single words.
Day 93: Use an introductory adverbial phrase or clause to reduce sentence complexity.
Day 94: Effect is a noun; Affect is a verb.
Day 95: Provide signposts to help readers organize information.
Day 96: Use “additive” words to show how a new idea connects to the previous idea.
Day 97: Limit compound sentences to two independent clauses.
Day 98: Link paragraphs to the prior paragraph.
Day 99: Use subject pronouns, not object pronouns, as subjects.
Day 100: State new ideas using familiar language.
Day 101: Edit from your readers’ perspective.
Day 102: Think or feel or believe or realize.
Day 103: Major Writing Process—Editing
Day 105: Remove colloquialisms from formal writing.
Day 106: Combine two sentences by using an introductory phrase or clause.
Day 107: Use single quotes inside double quotes.
Day 108: Use square brackets to insert comments into quotes.
Day 109: Simplify three common, weak phrases.
Day 110: Be prepared to work hard at your writing.
Day 111: Use the power of three for impact.
Day 112: Provide credible references for new or controversial information.
Day 113: Use the em dash for impact.
Day 114: Know your secondary audience.
Day 115: Use adjectives instead of prepositional phrases for descriptions.
Day 116: Remove prepositional phrases showing ownership.
Day 117: Lead the reader to your conclusion.
Day 118: Creating bulleted lists from non-sentence items.
Day 119: Remove unnecessary words by emphasizing the actor.
Day 120: Use active verbs to reduce verb phrases.
Day 121: Use who for people, that for things.
Day 122: Repeat to when using infinitives in a series.
Day 123: Replace 3-word prepositional phrases with single words.
Day 124: Respond to expected criticism.
Day 125: Items in a series need to be structurally parallel.
Day 126: Use exclamation marks only to show your own excitement.
Day 128: Common knowledge does not need a reference.
Day 129: Use the S-apostrophe to show possession for a plural noun.
Day 130: Organize ideas from broadest ideas to smallest details.
Day 131: Use introductory phrases to keep most important information at the end of a sentence.
Day 132: Typical paragraph length is 3 to 10 sentences.
Day 133: Use a comma in dates when including the day.
Day 134: Remove introductions to the content.
Day 135: When writing about words, use italics or put the words in quotation marks.
Day 136: Creating bulleted lists from sentence items.
Day 137: Use topic chains to create cohesive paragraphs.
Day 139: Use from/to to include terminal values in a range, between/and to exclude them.
Day 140: Good writing is about attitude—and editing.
Day 141: Use two overlapping topic chains to change the focus of a document.
Day 142: Everybody vs. Every body
Day 143: If it “goes without saying,” then don’t say it.
Day 144: Move explanatory phrases to reduce comma use.
Day 145: Comparative phrases beginning with as need to end with as.
Day 146: Put a positive spin on negative information by writing not + [positive term] + [excuse].
Day 147: How to use a one-sentence paragraph.
Day 148: Keep the description of an action close to the action.
Day 149: Keep main verbs in one tense.
Day 150: Use an en dash to show a range.
Day 151: Organize sentences to create transitions.
Day 152: Maintain one voice in a sentence.
Day 153: Place the thesis statement at the beginning or end of your introduction.
Day 154: Beware non sequiturs.
Day 155: Pace ideas within paragraphs with context, content, and conclusion.
Day 156: Spell out your acronyms.
Day 157: Use although for contrast and while for time.
Day 158: Edit for, and with, your readers.
Day 159: Reduce -ing words to increase reader engagement.
Day 160: Use possessives instead of prepositional phrases.
Day 161: Use a 1-sentence paragraph to emphasize a critical idea.
Day 162: Change [have] + [be] + - ing expressions to the simple present or past tense.
Day 163: Use transition words and phrases to switch topics.
Day 164: Place adverbs immediately before or after the word or phrase being modified.
Day 165: Avoid preaching to your readers.
Day 166: Use introductory “HUPAs” sparingly.
Day 167: Place a comma between coordinate adjectives.
Day 168: Avoid using there as a subject.
Day 169: Paragraph length is determined by the complexity of the idea.
Day 170: When communication is difficult, write simply.
Day 171: Capitalize mom and dad, and other relations, when used as names.
Day 172: Use transition words infrequently.
Day 173: Age, color, material, shape, and nationality adjectives are never coordinate.
Day 174: State quantities accurately.
Day 175: Clarify when you are writing about words and phrases, not quoting.
Day 176: Move adverbial phrases to vary sentence structure.
Day 177: Use subject pronouns in comparisons with implied verbs.
Day 178: Change preaching language to persuasive language.
Day 179: Reduce the impact of lower-than-expected results by using inflation words.
Day 180: Use an exclamation mark only after the interjection, not after the statement.
Day 181: Between for two; Among for three or more.
Day 182: Write and rewrite until you communicate clearly.
Day 183: Revise -ing verbs to simple present or past tense verbs.
Day 184: Place the most complex items at the end of a series.
Day 185: Use relative words to compare 2 things, and superlative words to compare 3 or more.
Day 186: Write to sell love or money, not both.
Day 187: Use ultimate words cautiously.
Day 188: Use compound sentences with but for impact.
Day 189: Two-part sentences need to be parallel.
Day 190: Use that to start restrictive phrases.
Day 191: Write about, not with, emotions.
Day 192: Use alliteration to create impact and improve reader memory.
Day 193: Remove the preposition from phrases ending in gerunds.
Day 194: Use framing to provide cohesion and impact in paragraphs or sections.
Day 195: Use which to being non-restrictive phrases, not that.
Day 196: Use were for unreal situations.
Day 197: State information positively to put a good spin on it.
Day 198: Use one-sentence paragraphs sparingly.
Day 199: Hopefully describes actions; Hopeful describes people.
Day 200: Think more about your reader than about yourself.
Day 201: Increase emphasis by repeating the beginnings of sentences.
Day 202: Combine two sentences by using an introductory phrase or clause.
Day 203: Guidelines for apologizing in a business letter.
Day 204: State accomplishments confidently.
Day 205: Use big, positive conceptual terms to spin controversial ideas.
Day 206: Use retronyms for clarity.
Day 207: Replace [be] + [adjective] + [preposition] phrases with action verbs.
Day 208: Move prepositional phrases describing the main verb to an introductory position.
Day 209: Revise sentences to remove descriptive prepositional phrases.
Day 210: Don’t place a comma between the subject and predicate, part 1.
Day 211: Don’t place a comma between a subject and predicate, part 2.
Day 212: Create appositives from compound descriptive phrases to prevent misunderstanding.
Day 213: Use semicolons to separate items in a series when those items have commas.
Day 215: People don’t share body parts.
Day 216: Repeat to in complex series.
Day 217: Don’t use a comma before because when joining two independent clauses.
Day 218: Use reader-friendly terms to persuade your reader to act.
Day 219: Remove superfluous quantifiers.
Day 220: Use plural subjects to avoid gender bias.
Day 222: 3 pairs of commonly confused words
Day 223: Remove throw-away reality words.
Day 224: Our process for writing a summary of articles
Day 225: Choosing the correct verb tense for events in the past.
Day 226: Use were for the unreal situations and statements contrary to fact.
Day 227: Focus on success to avoid describing failure.
Day 228: Use an en-dash to connect words that modify a third term.
Day 229: Use action verbs as main verbs in your sentences.
Day 230: Use the em dash to create emphasis.
Day 231: Change -ness words into adjectives.
Day 232: Use short sentences for complicated ideas.
Day 233: Separate disrupters with commas.
Day 234: Disparage critics as being opponents of progress and productivity.
Day 235: Place your most important words before or after a period.
Day 236: Replace disparaging descriptors with positive actions.
Day 237: Avoid judgment words.
Day 238: Put the period after embedded parenthetical comments.
Day 239: Clarity is more important than style.
Day 240: Avoid what is and what are phrases.
Day 241: Use judgment words carefully when appropriate.
Day 242: When to use a colon when creating a list or series.
Day 244: Reduce that and which phrases
Day 245: Change clichés for impact and engagement.
Day 246: Match gerunds with nouns, not with verbs.
Day 247: Use parallel construction in lists.
Day 248: Use jargon carefully.
Day 250: Use similes to explain complex concepts.
Day 251: 10 Strategies for writing a sloppy sentence.
Day 252: 3 sets of commonly confused words
Day 253: Guidelines for e-mail etiquette, part 1
Day 254: Guidelines for e-mail etiquette, part 2
Day 255: Save would like for actions with conditions.
Day 256: Place a comma before a final too that means also.
Day 257: Name the actor of the actions.
Day 258: Separate fact from opinion.
Day 260: Use short, common words when possible
Day 261: Provide details in examples to increase engagement.
Day 262: Trust your instincts. Don’t trust your instincts.
Day 263: Use distinctive words only once, or rarely.
Day 264: Correlative pairs don’t have commas.
Day 265: Place descriptive prepositional phrases carefully.
Day 267: Use semicolons to join two independent clauses.
Day 268: Know when to use the fire hydrant and when to use the garden hose.
Day 269: Employ iambic rhythm for natural sounding speech—and graceful writing.
Day 271: Emphasize negative aspects of counter-arguments by asking the reader to advise you.
Day 272: People have plural possessions.
Day 273: A good style is transparent to the reader.
Day 274: Criticize elliptical expressions carefully.
Day 275: Start sentences with old information and end with new information.
Day 276: And makes plurals; Or makes singular.
Day 277: End impact statements with a thump.
Day 278: When to avoid the first person in objective writing.
Day 279: Limit yourself to one introductory phrase or clause.
Day 280: People make better actors than concepts do.
Day 281: Place commas around the name of a person whom you are addressing.
Day 282: Write what you mean, simply and clearly.
Day 283: For the subject of your sentence, choose the actor you wish to emphasize.
Day 284: Invent actors as needed to make active sentences.
Day 285: Place commas around interpolated asides.
Day 286: Use the passive tense to avoid long, complex subjects.
Day 287: Use the first person in objective writing to describe processes.
Day 288: Revise long noun strings serving as subjects.
Day 289: Use familiar words as subjects.
Day 290: Anxious and eager have different meanings.
Day 291: Make your point obvious.
Day 292: Reduce or avoid metadiscourse.
Day 293: Use negative/positive restatement for emphasis.
Day 294: Choose the correct pronoun in elliptical sentences.
Day 295: When possible, subordinate qualifications.
Day 296: Make your examples obvious if needed.
Day 297: Interject and isolate statements for impact.
Day 298: Use the pyramid structure to provide descriptions.
Day 299: Avoid the “washboard” effect.
Day 300: Keep questioning your writing.
