(Editor’s note: “How to Write Short: Word Craft for Fast Times” is the fourth in a series of writing and language books written by Poynter’s Roy Peter Clark and published by Little, Brown, beginning ...

When you are with a prospect, a client, or a center of influence—anyone who has the ability to connect you—use the word ...

An introduction is the opening paragraph of an essay. It should briefly introduce the topic and outline your key ideas to answer the question. These ideas are then explored in more detail in the rest ...

Why a blog on the English language for Psychology Today? What do language and grammar have to do with psychology? Plenty, as I hope this blog will make clear. In my recent book The Lexicographer’s ...