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Hello Stylebot subscribers, it's Laura, Stylebot's founder. Some of you already know me and Stylebot's origin story. But many of you don't, so here's a quick version: I started Stylebot for my students at the USC Annenberg School of Journalism because I wanted them to engage with our style guide and other foundational newsroom documents as part of their daily workflow. I've spent my whole career doing newsroom innovation, and I firmly believe that in order for journalism to survive, it must evolve. Stylebot is my contribution to that. It is about taking something that's fundamental to the profession and bringing it into the next era. That's why it's truly such an honor that Stylebot is a finalist in the Next Challenge for Media & Journalism, a competition that recognizes startups that are reinventing media and journalism. You got an email from us last week about voting for Stylebot to win the Public Choice Award, but we're reminding our subscribers that public voting will close May 19. So if you'd like to vote for Stylebot, please do it this week. It only takes a couple minutes, and you can get started here. Your support means the world to us. -Laura 💬 Get reliable, ethical writing advice at your fingertipsImproving your writing means making better choices every day. Stylebot makes it easy with our Slack, Teams and Google Chrome extensions. Try Stylebot for free today.
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'Tis the season for confusion about apostrophes. You've probably already seen it: a holiday card from "the Smith's" or "the Lee's," instead of the properly unpunctuated "Smiths" or "Lees." In the spirit of this common seasonal mistake, we're reviewing apostrophe use today. And we have another holiday-themed reminder. The apostrophe serves a few purposes in the English language. It's used for possessives: "Jane’s favorite punctuation." It's also used for omissions: "I've been using apostrophes...
We're almost a week into the month of December, which means that you might have already cracked open a few days of your Advent calendar. The capital "A" version of the word refers to the period leading up to Christmas, which is why you should capitalize it. Usage of "Advent" goes back to at least the 12th century, while the lowercase advent, which essentially means "arrival," came into use in the 1700s. And yes, it evolved from the Christmas-themed "Advent." ❤ Team Stylebot Get a free...
It's the Friday before Thanksgiving, and with a holiday weekend coming up, we're revisiting one of our early newsletters that answers one of the most common questions we get when a long weekend looms: Is "weekend" capitalized? (And speaking of holiday weekends, we're taking next Friday off. We'll be back in your inbox on Friday, December 6.) Before we get to the writing tip, though, we want to say thank you to everyone who answered our question last week about "poor structure." If you didn't...