Category: Writing for the web

One rule I learned early on from my teachers is to never use contractions in writing. This was drilled into me during university as I wrote book reports and research papers. In fact, most formal writing abhors contractions. But there’s one place that loves contractions: web writing.The thing about people who read on the web—whether a blog about… Continue reading Why you should use contractions when writing for the web

Writing numbers can be confusing. Time and again, I comes across people who don’t know when they should write out a number (like four) or whether they should use figures (like 26). What doesn’t help is that the main style guides don’t agree.