Karen Reddick, The Editor’s Blog

Many compounds may be formed with re-, which means anew, as in rebuild; or back, as in react; or when used as an intensive, as in refine. It all comes down to readability, structure, and often, pronunciation.
In forming compounds, re- is normally joined with its following element without a space or hyphen.
Examples:
reopen
reunify
reposition
refill
If the second element [...]

There’s a lot of confusion on when to use bad vs. badly and when to use well vs. good.
Try to remember that bad and good are adjectives (they modify a noun).
Examples:
After the two-day conference, Sam [noun] looked bad [adjective].
Susan [noun], on the other hand, looked good [adjective].
I [noun] feel bad [adjective].
The cookies [noun] taste [...]

Let’s play a word choice game!
We all know how important choosing the correct word is when writing. See if you can choose the correct word for the following four sentences.
1. Ask a friend to [loan or lend] you . . .
This is common error. Loan is a noun, lend is a verb.
Correct: Ask a friend [...]