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Tricky punctuation

Here is a refresher on exclamation points, question marks, and semi-colons. Exclamation points Most style guidelines within the news industry recommend avoiding the exclamation point

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SABEW welcomes 67 new members from South Asia

In an expansion of the Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing’s (SABEW) international initiative, 67 journalists from major news organizations throughout Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India,

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Get productive (with some help)

Productivity gains have a widespread appeal. Get more done always sounds good. Getting a bit more critical, it’s not just getting anything done, but hopefully

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