Dumb Little Man | Tips for Life

One of the many joys in maintaining this blog is that no matter what gets published, there is always criticism and opinion from the readers. My hope is that the criticism is focused on the point of view or topic and not the grammar. Unfortunately for me, that is not always the case and clearly I am the reason for it!

My grammar will never be perfect but like most things in life, practice and research will at least improve my skills. Odds are that if you are doing any form of writing, your skills could also use a fine tuning. After all, an email riddled with errors is not going to impress your boss, professor, or colleagues. In fact, it could will make you look downright foolish.

I provided some grammar tools last year, but in the interest of directing you to a better resource, you should check out a blog post at MakeUseOf, a blog that I frequent. In the post they name 30 tools that you can reference to increase vocabulary and grammar.

One of them is the Visual Thesaurus which is something I use almost daily. Enter a word and, well, look here:


To get the rest of these great tools, read 30+ Online Resources to Expand your English Vocabulary.