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Writing & Grammar: "If I Were" or "If I Was?"

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.   Here is a quick memory aid for the were / was problem: "If I wuz  you" is always wrong--it's even spelled wrong! Are you an eLearning developer who has been tasked with creating an effective voiceover script? If so, consider attending my Writing Effective eLearning Voiceover Scripts class.

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Writing & Grammar Workshop: Infinitives and Who versus Whom

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Here are some problem sentences:   He wondered who/m to hire as the new ski instructor.     Are you an eLearning developer who has been tasked with creating an effective voiceover script? If so, consider attending my Writing Effective eLearning Voiceover Scripts class.   Jimmy asked who/m to ski behind.

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Editing with Acrobat: Get the Comment Pane's Numbers to Match Acrobat's Page Numbers

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This week a past student of my Editing with Acrobat class contacted me with this problem: The page numbers used in the Comments pane at the bottom of her screen did not match the page numbers displayed in the page number field at the top of the screen. by Jennie Ruby. My Editing with Acrobat class is a great place to start.

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Writing & Grammar: A Brief History of Editing

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A second problem is the clarity of the marking. One of the last problems to be solved in tracked changes was how to mark text that was moved. Up through Word 2003, moved text appeared as deleted in one place and inserted in another. Are you an eLearning developer who has been tasked with creating an effective voiceover script?

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Writing & Grammar Workshop: Premise vs. Premises

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It is a working supposition one uses in logic problems.      Are you an eLearning developer who has been tasked with creating an effective voiceover script? If so, consider attending my Writing Effective eLearning Voiceover Scripts class. And of course, you can have several propositions, or premises.

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Writing & Grammar: Less than or Fewer?

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The problem is that money and time are noncount nouns, but units of either are clearly count nouns. Are you an eLearning developer who has been tasked with creating an effective voiceover script? If so, consider attending my Writing Effective eLearning Voiceover Scripts class.

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Microsoft Word: Customize the Status Bar

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  In Word 2003 (and earlier versions), grayed-out shortcuts line the status bar at the bottom of the screen. The Proofing shortcut will take you to the next red- or green-underlined spelling or grammar problem in the document.   Are you an eLearning developer who has been tasked with creating an effective voiceover script?

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