{"id":1123,"date":"2018-04-16T06:53:00","date_gmt":"2018-04-16T05:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/silta.es\/juantatay\/2018\/04\/16\/10-most-common-writing-mistakes-you-should-avoid-making-by-zapier\/"},"modified":"2018-04-16T06:53:00","modified_gmt":"2018-04-16T05:53:00","slug":"10-most-common-writing-mistakes-you-should-avoid-making-by-zapier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/silta.es\/juantatay\/10-most-common-writing-mistakes-you-should-avoid-making-by-zapier\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Most Common Writing Mistakes You Should Avoid Making (by @zapier)"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p><span style=\"background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(53, 65, 71); color: #354147; font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;, Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;\">If you want to polish your prose\u2014whether you&#8217;re writing a blog post, an email, or a report for your team\u2014the next time you get to typing, consult this checklist of common writing mistakes.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/zapier.com\/blog\/writing-mistakes\/\">Write Better: The 10 Most Common Writing Mistakes You Should Avoid Making \u2013 Zapier blog<\/a><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(53, 65, 71); color: #354147; font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;, Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 23px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.4em; margin: 60px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">1. The Intro Is Unnecessarily Long<\/span><\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(53, 65, 71); color: #354147; font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;, Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 40px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\">2. Explanations Are Handwavy or Lacking Backup<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(53, 65, 71); color: #354147; font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;, Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 40px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\">3. The Content Was Written in Passive Voice<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(53, 65, 71); color: #354147; font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;, Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 40px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\">4. Too Many Words!<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(53, 65, 71); color: #354147; font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;, Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 40px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\">5. The Conclusion Doesn&#8217;t Conclude or Doesn&#8217;t Exist<\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3>Micro Writing Mistakes We All Make<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(53, 65, 71); color: #354147; font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;, Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 40px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\">6. Heed the Homophones<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(53, 65, 71); color: #354147; font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;, Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 40px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\">7. Apostrophe Catastrophes<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(53, 65, 71); color: #354147; font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;, Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 40px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\">8. Comma and Semicolon Confusion<\/h3>\n<div>\n<h3 style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(53, 65, 71); color: #354147; font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;, Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 40px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\">9. Repetitive Words Repeat<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<h3 style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(53, 65, 71); color: #354147; font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;, Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 40px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\">10. Misused Words<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(53, 65, 71); color: #354147; font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;, Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 40px auto; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Oxford comma confusion\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.zapier.com\/storage\/photos\/c34121c8aeb269093a247a6065241e66.png\" style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\" \/><\/div>\n<h3 style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(53, 65, 71); color: #354147; font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;, Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 40px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\"><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you want to polish your prose\u2014whether you&#8217;re writing a blog post, an email, or a report for your team\u2014the next time you get to typing, consult this checklist of common writing mistakes. 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