Which raises the question: How can you use these insights to improve your own writing? Here are some tips. For starters, use simple words. Tempted to write “utilize”? Don’t. Write “use ...

But there are simple ways to put important things in language that's accessible. As I say to them, the beauty, the genius is not to write a 5 cent idea in a ten dollar sentence. It's to put a ten ...

Write the subject line first. It distills the essence of the e-mail itself, and will keep you from straying off point. Customize. If you're blasting the same letter to multiple lists of people or ...

5 Simple Hacks to Improve Your Writing. Algorithms change, ... When executed well, they can be just as clear as a simple subject-verb-object sentence with a lot more depth.

Headlines with more common words — simple words like “job” instead of “occupation” — shorter headlines, and those communicated in a narrative style, with more pronouns compared with prepositions, ...

The authors present well-established principles that have long been prized in guides to writing including The Economist’s style book (which Johnson helped update): cut unnecessary words, choose ...

The reason I’m writing this is because it may be helpful. See anything wrong with that sentence? Some will. The issue here: “the reason is because.” Many people say that “because” should ...

Last year, Boomerang monitored 40 million emails, giving it a deep and wide data set to mine. So, what’s the secret to writing an email that gets not just read, but moves the reader to respond?

Children are struggling to write “simple and everyday words” because of an increasing reliance on spellcheckers, according to research. By Graeme Paton 29 October 2012 • 4:43pm .