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How to write better in 10 easy steps

I just read a blog post by John Scalzi, entitled Writing Tips for Non-Writers Who Don't Want to Work at Writing. It had some good tips, including the following great rule of thumb:

For every spelling error you make, your apparent IQ drops by 5 points. For every "there, they're, their" type of mistake you make, your apparent IQ drops by 10 points. Sorry about that, but there it is.

Posted by Mike on February 12, 2006 05:15 PM |

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