InFor the Love of LanguagebyBen UlanseyThe Two Three-Word Phrases That Will Change Your Writing for the BetterAnd two critical sins of creative writingAug 12, 202412Aug 12, 202412
InFor the Love of LanguagebyBen UlanseyThe Hard and Soft Rules of DialogueThe confusing customs of quotations and how they vary between culturesJun 20, 202429Jun 20, 202429
InFor the Love of LanguagebyBen UlanseyWhy Titles Don’t Contain PeriodsDisambiguating the “omitted period” trendJun 16, 202444Jun 16, 202444
InFor the Love of LanguagebyBen UlanseyThe Art of Scattered AlliterationHow one common device can be used to enhance your writingMay 29, 202436May 29, 202436
InFor the Love of LanguagebyBen UlanseyIs the Oxford Comma Too Posh for Luddites?The origins and uses of Oxford’s contentious commaMay 10, 202427May 10, 202427
InFor the Love of LanguagebyBen UlanseyThe Art of the Em Dash and the Gradation of Sentence BreaksDisambiguating periods, commas, semicolons, ellipses, parentheticals, and em dashesMay 8, 202485May 8, 202485
InWrite Under the MoonbyBen UlanseyThe Laudably Long List of Words for the Word WordyFrom “pleonastic” to “logorrheic,” there are many words for the word “wordy”Mar 25, 20244Mar 25, 20244
InFor the Love of LanguagebyBen UlanseyYou Need to Know the Language to Use ChatGPTAnd you need to know grammar to use GrammarlyMar 5, 20248Mar 5, 20248
InFanfarebyBen UlanseyThe Difficulty of Setting Stories in the Modern AgeWhat cell phones steal from our storiesFeb 6, 202411Feb 6, 202411
InFor the Love of LanguagebyBen UlanseyWhy My High School Teacher Banned Linking VerbsAnd when he finally freed me from my shacklesJan 9, 202413Jan 9, 202413
InThought ThinkersbyBen UlanseyWriter’s Block and Idea InundationTwo halves of the creative coinJan 5, 202410Jan 5, 202410
InFor the Love of LanguagebyBen UlanseyThe Banned Words ListThe prohibition of words and the linguistic gymnastics of high school EnglishJan 8, 202416Jan 8, 202416
InFor the Love of LanguagebyBen UlanseyI Wrote a Million Words Before Learning How to TypeCruise control, learning to type, and exploring a boundless world with a slap-in-the-face easeNov 24, 202336Nov 24, 202336
InThought ThinkersbyBen UlanseyWhat Makes a Slang Word Useful?Measuring the value of new words and phrasesNov 15, 202313Nov 15, 202313
InFor the Love of LanguagebyBen UlanseyWas Anyone Else Taught to Avoid Linking Verbs?A strange time in English educationSep 18, 202318Sep 18, 202318
InWrite Under the MoonbyBen UlanseyIs Language an Economy or a Tapestry?The tight rope walk between brevity and beautyNov 10, 202352Nov 10, 202352
InFor the Love of LanguagebyBen UlanseyThe Semicolon DelusionWhy Does Everyone Misuse Semicolons?Dec 21, 20227Dec 21, 20227
