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Idioms and Horse Racing Idiomatic expressions are a part of everyday life. You hear and see them almost everywhere, but how many of them have mysterious origins. Do you know about the idioms and where they come from? How about beat a dead horse or wins by a nose? Quite a few sayings—popular ones—originated in […]

When to Use Into or In Using in or into is easy to master. When you use the word in, position is indicated. His pen was in his shirt pocket. Into, however, points to movement—of something or someone. He put the thermos into his briefcase. Here are a few example sentences of when to use […]

The Best Apps for Writing One of the many questions that pops up in writing groups is which apps are the best for writing. I did a comparison of pure writing apps here, but there is more to writing than just writing. What? What else is there? Plenty Besides writing, there are apps that help […]

Do You Need an Editor? Writing a book is easy. Writing a good book is much more difficult. And no matter how good a story you tell, in order for it to be made into a good book, it needs to be edited, and not self-edited. I have seen a few people who were able […]

Dilemma or Catch-22 What is a dilemma? Dilemma is one of the rare words that is so specific that it denotes the precise meaning—at least the original definition does. Let’s take a look. Many of the dictionaries did a good job of defining the true meaning of this, and most without waffling. Vocabulary.com had a […]