Are You Shifting Your Tense and Person?

You must stop, please

This is the Duchess of Easton — I wore a tiara the first day of every class

There are so many things we don’t worry about when we’re talking that we have to worry about when we write. What’s the difference? If you “put it in writing,” it’s permanent. It lasts much longer than the air with which you speak. Your errors are forever.

Add clarity. If you are talking to someone, and he doesn’t understand what you…