Grammar, Spelling and Punctuation Count

There have been dozens of blogs created to rant about bad grammar, poor spelling, and misused - underused - overused punctuation. Those blogs are funny and we joke about the grammar police but it's also true that poorly written blogs aren't nearly as successful as they might be if they just had an editor.

Alanna wrote about some great food bloggers who don't have an editor but produce well-written blog entries. You can do this too. Here are some editing tips and Vered shares her tips for Writing Web Copy.

You should also be careful with italics and bold. A little goes a long way. Do you capitalize "with" and "from" in title case?

Spellcheck is your friend and so is the AP Stylebook.

 

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