{"id":168,"date":"2015-07-22T07:45:15","date_gmt":"2015-07-22T07:45:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/97.74.134.56\/?p=168"},"modified":"2015-08-04T05:50:07","modified_gmt":"2015-08-04T05:50:07","slug":"tips-for-careful-writers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writinggeeks.in\/blog\/tips-for-careful-writers\/","title":{"rendered":"Tips For Careful Writers"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #0088ff;\">Tips For Careful Writers<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><strong>1. Know the Rules<\/strong><br \/>\nThis doesn\u2019t mean to simply remember what you learned \u2014 or what you think you learned \u2014 five or fifty years ago. Careful writers continuously educate and reeducate themselves about grammar, syntax, usage, and style.Confront your prejudices, and check your recall and understanding of the basics. Most important, don\u2019t believe everything you think.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2. Be Open to New and Unusual Usage<\/strong><br \/>\nLanguage changes, and writers must change with it. This doesn\u2019t mean that you should abandon your high standards and accept colloquial language; some contexts simply do not allow for a relaxation of the rules. But most forms of writing are flexible, and you should be, too. Adapt the language to the content, but consider also adapting the content to the language.<\/p>\n<p><strong>3. Verify<\/strong><br \/>\nWhen in doubt, look it up. When not in doubt, look it up. Don\u2019t be content with spell-checking programs; check not only definitions of words, phrases and expressions but also their connotations. When discussing a person, place, or thing, don\u2019t simply double-check the spelling and treatment of the term; reacquaint yourself with the person, place, or thing to confirm or correct your impression that the reference is appropriate for the content. (And check your facts.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tips For Careful Writers 1. Know the Rules This doesn\u2019t mean to simply remember what you learned \u2014 or what you think you learned \u2014 five or fifty years ago. Careful writers continuously educate and reeducate themselves about grammar, syntax, usage, and style.Confront your prejudices, and check your recall and understanding of the basics. Most [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":170,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-168","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-writing-tips"},"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/writinggeeks.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/3-tips-for-careful-writers.jpg?fit=800%2C521&ssl=1","author_info":{"display_name":"Writing Geeks","author_link":"https:\/\/writinggeeks.in\/blog\/author\/writinggeeks\/"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/writinggeeks.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/3-tips-for-careful-writers.jpg?fit=800%2C521&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6uhmH-2I","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/writinggeeks.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/writinggeeks.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/writinggeeks.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/writinggeeks.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/writinggeeks.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=168"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/writinggeeks.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":772,"href":"https:\/\/writinggeeks.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168\/revisions\/772"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/writinggeeks.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/170"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/writinggeeks.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=168"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/writinggeeks.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=168"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/writinggeeks.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=168"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}