Writing Lessons & Advice: Forward Slashes
While looking back over some of my writing, I’ve noticed I get a little “slash-happy” every once in a while. Perhaps I incorporate the slash mark ( / ) without a lot of thought, so I looked for some official guidance to help me rethink my usage. Here’s what I find that may help you too. In English writing, the mark is called either a forward slash or simply a slash . Less common names for it include stroke, solidus, diagonal, or oblique. The punctuation has roots in Roman c
Writing Lessons & Advice: Writing Numbers
Happy New Year! At the start or end of a year, we often like to take stock of our goals, accomplishments, or other accruements during our previous trek around the sun. For me, my cat has no obvious fleas after I've diligently groomed and treated him throughout the year! I lost--and kept off--around fifteen pounds on a weight loss program I started in 2023! In March 2025, my Lessons & Advice blog will be two years old. This post will be the fifty-sixth to run as of this publi
