Capitalization Blues
Capitalization Blues What to capitalize and what not to capitalize. Here is an attempt to apply some simple rules to a complex issue. You capitalize the specific names of specific people, places, and things. Capitalize the “I” when specifically referring to yourself. Capitalize the first
Word Choices
Hopefully, you will find this as interesting and useful as I have. Grammar cheat sheet for clean, clear, and compelling writing 30 tips to tighten up your grammar skills https://medium.com/swlh/grammar-cheat-sheet-for-clean-clear-and-compelling-writing-a466d8416da6 featured image by By Petar Milošević – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=55607334
Writing Paragraphs
I found another great article on writing at Medium. This one discusses writing paragraphs. If You Learn to Write Better Paragraphs, You Will Make a Better Writer A simple guide on writing clear and better paragraphs. https://medium.com/swlh/if-you-learn-to-write-better-paragraphs-you-will-make-a-better-writer-6545295c4b35
Exercises that Maximize Muscle Activation
When exercising, the goal is to activate as many muscles as you can. Pulse exercises are very effective because you are catching the weight, which activates a lot of muscles. And you are flexing an almost completely flexed muscle which also activates a lot of muscles.
Youtube Guitar Lessons
I have been learning the guitar and found this video to be better than most when it comes to learning to play the electric guitar. The channel is the Henry Olsen Guitar lessons
John Steinbeck on Writing
I found this great article about John Steinbeck on Medium. https://medium.com/@nicolebianchi/john-steinbeck-on-how-to-confront-your-writing-fears-20b706b10a5d
The Effects of Computers: We think we are smarter than we are.
The article makes two very interesting points. The first is that if people think they can just look something up, then they don’t remember the information as well. But more importantly, people think that the computer’s abilities are their abilities and delude themselves into thinking
Google’s Ngram Viewer
The Ngram Viewer allows you to view how many times certain phrases and words appear in books and print during a certain period of time. Here the Ngram Viewer is showing the phrase “war on traditional values.”
Expecting to teach enhances learning, recall
“When compared to learners expecting a test, learners expecting to teach recalled more material correctly, they organized their recall more effectively and they had better memory for especially important information,” said lead author John Nestojko, PhD, a postdoctoral researcher in psychology in Arts & Sciences