Chapter 11 of The Runaway Bodyguard is out. Here is an example of how from one draft to another I improved my writing. Besides typos, I removed my hedge words. I deleted unnecessary articles. I switched verbs from the passive voice to active, substituting action verbs for to-be forms. I removed unnecessary implied

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This is Grammer a Week, the periodic blog program-thing where I address a frequently broken grammar rule and tell you how to fix it. This week's installment is about the ellipsis. The ellipsis, otherwise known as the "dot-dot-dot," is a piece of punctuation that is very easily overused. It's powerful punctuation, undoubtedly, but only in moderation.

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