4 English words with Spanish origins
Hola, buckaroos! Give your dulcinea an avocado before the cockroaches get it! What's the history of these terms?
14 March 2018 by
Dave Child
Commas are absolutely awesome, but so misunderstood
Business Insider and Microsoft, listed comma errors as number two and three in the top 10 grammar mistakes most people make. They are missing a comma and missing a comma after an introductory phrase.
30 January 2018 by Dave Child
A murder of crows and other odd collective nouns
You’ve heard of a class of students, a pack of dogs, a herd of cows, and probably a school of fish. These are collective nouns — a group of people, animals or things. The English language can get humorous at times, even a bit crazy, with its 900 collective nouns. Most were coined in the […]
24 December 2017 by Dave Child
Four words we lost that English really needs
Words slip in and out of the English language according to the things we use and the way we think. Some words should have remained in our lexicon, but are sadly lost and, apparently, not missed:
2 December 2017 by Dave Child
GDPR: make your privacy notices readable – it’s the law
In the European Union, the General Data Protection Regulation, or GDPR, is about to go into effect. Here's how to make your privacy notices readable.
30 November 2017 by Dave Child
5 English words we should use more often
There are way more words in the English language than one would think, and some great ones don’t get the love they deserve.
17 November 2017 by Dave Child
ReadableBot: the Readable indexer
Our engine is built to index at a friendly rate. We’d rather score URLs and websites slowly than risk affecting performance for real customers.
4 November 2017 by Dave Child
Insurance companies should provide readable policies
An insurance policy is a legal document. It’s a contract between the buyer and the insurance company. It spells out the terms and conditions of the coverage provided. In a real sense, the contract is what you are buying. However, most legal documents are difficult to read and nearly impossible to understand.
14 September 2017 by Dave Child
What are reading level calculators?
When producing content for online readers, you don’t want to fall into the trap of writing too much. And you don’t want to over-complicate things, either.
21 August 2017 by Dave Child
Top four metaphors of everyday English
If this topic seems unclear to you, allow me to shed some light. You may see metaphors as literary devices, but in fact, our everyday language is full of them, and they are among the keys to speaking English like a native or just enjoying the play of our language.
21 July 2017 by Dave Child
4 tips to making your newsletter readable
Email, it was supposed to die out with the growth of social media right? Apparently, that is not the case. In fact, inc.com say nearly 68% of teens and 73% of millennials said they prefer to receive communication from a business via email…
6 July 2017 by Dave Child
Why the readability of your newsletter is important for everyone
Well designed and well-written newsletters will strengthen relationships with customers, create more interest and promote sales (without being promotional).
10 June 2017 by Dave Child
