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I have always enjoyed reading and writing since an early age. Being a bit of a perfectionist, I would sometimes edit the drafts of my high school and college essays dozens of times before submitting them. Then in 2011 I landed what I thought was a dream job at the time: editing for an educational company in Korea. It was there where I learned to hone my craft further by learning advanced grammar, the ins and outs of AP Style, and how to fine-tune written content to aid readers and learners to understand, process, and convey the meaning of the words more easily.

And that's how this blog was born. I wanted to have a readily available library of grammatical tips and applications available for students of grammar and new editors and writers to use as a reference to apply to their own learning and work. 

And perhaps some of the blog posts will inspire discussion on hot topics, such as the use of the Oxford comma!

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