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Watch Your Misplaced Modifiers — Importance of Positioning in English Sentences

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© Ugur Akinci

Just like in life, positioning is important in writing as well.

Place the wrong modifier in the wrong spot, and the meaning of your whole sentence changes and you end up creating the wrong impression for no good reason at all.

Sometimes even professional writers writing [...]

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The Power of the Right Words — a British Experiment

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© Ugur Akinci

Words matter. This is one of the central beliefs that govern my life as a person and also my career as a professional technical communicator.

After everything is said and done, everything comes down to whether we are using the right words in life or not, [...]

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Perfect Example of a Relevant Benefit Statement on a U-Haul Trailer

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© Ugur Akinci

At the entry level, a beginner technical writer does not need to worry about a lot about communicating the benefits of the information she is putting together. At that level it’s mostly about getting things correctly down on paper/screen, making sure every feature is covered, all [...]

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